Monomethylarsonic and dimethylarsinic acid contents in seafood products

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 859-864

  Velez, Dinoraz ^a   Ybáñez, Nieves ^a   Montoro, Rosa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE AGROQUÍMICA Y TECNOLOGÍA DE ALIMENTOS CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Arsenic levels; High performance liquid chromatography hydride generation atomic absorption specirometry; Manufactured seafood; Monomethylarsonic and dimethylarsinic acid levels

Indexed keywords

MOLLUSCA;

EID: 2842533698     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf950506e     Document Type: Article

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