Metal levels in flathead sole (Hippoglossoides elassodon) and great sculpin (Myoxocephalus polyacanthocephalus) from Adak Island, Alaska: Potential risk to predators and fishermen

Environmental Research

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 62-69

  Burger, Joanna ^a,b   Gochfeld, Michael ^b,c   Jeitner, Christian ^a,b   Burke, Sean ^a   Stamm, Timothy ^d  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^d Adak   (United States)

Author keywords

Alaska; Aleutians; Aleuts; Arsenic; Cadmium; Fish; Fishing; Mercury; Metals; Risk

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

ARSENIC; BIOINDICATOR; FLATFISH; HEAVY METAL; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CONSUMER; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FISHERMAN; HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; KIDNEY; LIVER; MEASUREMENT; MUSCLE; MYOXOCEPHALUS POLYCANTHOCEPHALUS; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES; WEIGHT; WELLBEING;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; KIDNEY; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ADAK ISLAND; ALASKA; ALEUTIAN ISLANDS; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

HIPPOGLOSSOIDES ELASSODON; MYOXOCEPHALUS POLYACANTHOCEPHALUS;

EID: 33845452707     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2006.02.005     Document Type: Article

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