Mercury concentrations in fish species from the gulf of Guinea, Ghana

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1057-1064

  Voegborlo, R B ^a   Baah, D A ^a   Kwaansa Ansah, E E ^a   Adimado, A A ^a   Ephraim, J H ^a  

^a KWAME NKRUMAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HEALTH HAZARD; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SAMPLE; SPECIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GHANA; HUMANS; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 13444287920     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0532-8     Document Type: Article

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