Accumulation of arsenic in Pacific oysters, Crassostrea gigas, collected from aquaculture sites in Western Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 342-346

  Hsiung, Tung Ming ^a   Huang, Chia Wei ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN OCEAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Aquaculture; Arsenic; Cancer risk; Oyster; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; RUNOFF;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; AQUACULTURE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANCER RISK; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRECIPITATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEA POLLUTION; TAIWAN; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR; WATERSHED MANAGEMENT;

EID: 14244252876     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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