Levels of selected metals in canned fish consumed in kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 117, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 271-279

  Ashraf, Waqar ^a   Seddigi, Zaki ^a   Abulkibash, Abdallah ^a   Khalid, Mazen ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

AAS; Canned fish; Heavy metals

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; SALMON; SARDINE; TUNA;

CADMIUM; LEAD; METAL RECOVERY; NICKEL; SPECTROSCOPY;

CANNING;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; GRAPHITE; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FISH; HEAVY METAL;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY BURDEN; CANNED FOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HEAVY METAL POISONING; METAL RECOVERY; SALMON; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TUBE; TUNA; VALIDATION PROCESS; WEIGHT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

FISH PRODUCTS; METALS; SAUDI ARABIA; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ASIA; EURASIA; MIDDLE EAST; SAUDI ARABIA;

CLUPEIDAE; SCOMBRIDAE GEN. SP.;

EID: 33747469202     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-0989-5     Document Type: Article

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