Levels of trace elements in green turtle eggs collected from Hong Kong: Evidence of risks due to selenium and nickel

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 790-801

  Lam, James C W ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^b   Chan, Simon K F ^c   Lam, Michael H W ^a   Martin, Michael ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Ecological risk assessment; Green turtle eggs; Nickel; Selenium; Trace elements

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; GREEN TURTLE EGGS; HAZARD QUOTIENTS (HQ); MARINE TURTLES;

BIODIVERSITY; CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; OVALBUMIN; SELENIUM; SILVER; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

EGG; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LEAD; NICKEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; TRACE ELEMENT; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; EGG; EGG SHELL; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; TURTLE;

ANIMALS; ECOLOGY; EGG YOLK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HONG KONG; LEAD; NICKEL; OVUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; TRACE ELEMENTS; TURTLES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

CHELONIA MYDAS; CHELONIIDAE; TESTUDINES;

EID: 33748417259     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2006.02.016     Document Type: Article

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