High contents of cadmium, lead, zinc and copper in popular fishery products sold in Turkish supermarkets

Food Control

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 258-261

  Çelik, Ufuk ^a   Oehlenschläger, Jörg ^b  

^a EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b FEDERAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF NUTRITION AND FOOD   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cadmium; Copper; Fishery product; Lead; Voltammetry; Zinc

Indexed keywords

ENGRAULIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33747071518     PISSN: 09567135     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodcont.2005.10.004     Document Type: Article

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