Methylmercury determination in fish and seafood products and estimated daily intake for the Spanish population

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 869-876

  Sahuquillo, I ^a   Lagarda, M J ^a   Silvestre, M D ^b   Farre R ^a  

^a Nutrition and Food Chemistry and Vicente Andres Estelles   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD CEU CARDENAL HERRERA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fish contamination; Mercury determination; Methylmercury determination; Methylmercury intake; Seafood contamination

Indexed keywords

METHYLMERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BODY WEIGHT; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; SPAIN; TUNA; VAPOR;

ANIMALS; DIET; FISHES; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY POISONING; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; SPAIN;

SCOMBRIDAE;

EID: 34447331935     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701258760     Document Type: Article

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