Heavy metals in the clam Megapitaria squalida collected from wild and phosphorite mine-impacted sites in Baja California, Mexico: Considerations for human health effects

Biological Trace Element Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 275-287

  Méndez, Lia ^a   Palacios, Elena ^a   Acosta, Baudilio ^a   Monsalvo Spencer, Pablo ^a   Alvarez Castãeda, Ticul ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS DEL NOROESTE   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Clam; Contamination; Heavy metals; Mollusk; Nutrition; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

APATITE; CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; RAIN; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTHROPOLOGY; ARTICLE; CLAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD INTAKE; MEXICO; MINING; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; RECORDING; SEASHORE; SUMMER; WATER SAMPLING;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MEXICO; MINING; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BIVALVIA; MEGAPITARIA SQUALIDA;

EID: 33746414345     PISSN: 01634984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1385/BTER:110:3:275     Document Type: Article

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