Total and organic mercury concentrations in the white muscles of swordfish (Xiphias gladius) from the Indian and Atlantic oceans

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 969-975

  Chen, M H ^a   Chen, C Y ^b   Chang, S K ^c   Huang, S W ^a  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c Deepseas Fisheries Research and Development Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Food safety; Heavy metals; Marine fish; Regression line; Regulatory standards

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; INDIAN OCEAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BODY SIZE; CHILD; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD; TAIWAN;

PISCES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 34547947072     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701305470     Document Type: Article

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