Metal content of marine mussels from Western Scheldt Estuary and nearby protected Marine Bay, the Netherlands: Impact of past and present contamination

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-210

  Mubiana, V K ^a   Blust, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; NICKEL; TRACE METAL; ZINC;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC EMISSION SPECTROMETRY; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HISTOCHEMISTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MUSSEL; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SAMPLE; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MYTILUS EDULIS; NETHERLANDS; OCEANS AND SEAS; SEAFOOD; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MYTILIDAE;

EID: 33748804704     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-006-1051-6     Document Type: Article

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