Total and inorganic arsenic in mid-atlantic marine fish and shellfish and implications for fish advisories

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 344-354

  Greene, Richard ^a   Crecelius, Eric ^b  

^a Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control   (United States)

^b BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic speciation; Fish advisories; Fish tissue

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; METABOLISM; PHYTOPLANKTON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DELAWARE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MID-ATLANTIC REGION; PHYTOPLANKTON; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 34547567995     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ieam.5630020406     Document Type: Article

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