Heavy metals in liver and muscle of bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) caught in the straits of Messina (Sicily, Italy)

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 107, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 239-248

  Licata, Patrizia ^a   Trombetta, Domenico ^a   Cristani, Mariateresa ^a   Naccari, Clara ^a   Martino, Daniela ^a   Caló, Margherita ^a   Naccari, Francesco ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Liver; MRLs; Muscle tissue; Straits of Messina; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

AGENTS; MUSCLE; NITRIC ACID; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL METHODS; SULFURIC ACID; TISSUE; WATER;

LIVER; MRLS; REAGENTS; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

HEAVY METALS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; HEAVY METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CONSUMER; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; ITALY; LIVER; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICOLOGY; TUNA;

EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA; WORLD;

SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 24044492882     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-005-2382-1     Document Type: Article

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