Comparison of the metal concentrations in muscle and liver tissues of fishes from the Erren River, Southwestern Taiwan, after the restoration in 2000

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 358-366

  Chen, Yi Chun ^a,b   Chen, Chiee Young ^c   Hwang, Hann Jang ^a   Chang, Wen Been ^d   Yeh, Wen Ji ^e   Chen, Meng Hsien ^b  

^a CHUNG HWA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL MUSEUM OF MARINE BIOLOGY AND AQUARIUM   (Taiwan)

^e NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Baseline; Erren River (Ell Ren River, Er Jen River, Erhjin Chi); Fishes; Heavy metals; Liver; Muscle; Sanyegong River

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; MANGANESE; MERCURY; WATER; ZINC;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FISH; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; REFERENCE VALUE; RIVER; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTION INDICATOR;

EID: 14244258492     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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