Assessment of trace elements in canned fishes (mackerel, tuna, salmon, sardines and herrings) marketed in Georgia and Alabama (United States of America)

Journal of Food Composition and Analysis

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 771-787

  Ikem, Abua ^a   Egiebor, Nosa O ^b  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TUSKEGEE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Canned fish; Direct mercury analyzer (DMA); Estimated weekly intake (EWI); Inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometer (ICP OES); Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CARCINOGEN; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; SILVER; TIN; TRACE ELEMENT; VANADIUM; ZINC;

ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; HERRING; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SALMON; TUNA; UNITED STATES;

APOGON BRACHYGRAMMUS; CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PISCES; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 18744410930     PISSN: 08891575     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfca.2004.11.002     Document Type: Article

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