Toxic and essential metals in liver, kidney and muscle of pigs at slaughter in Galicia, north-west Spain

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 943-954

  Lopez Alonso M ^a   Miranda, M ^a   Castillo, C ^a   Hernandez J ^a   Garcia Vaquero M ^a   Benedito, J L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Kidney; Liver; Muscle; Pig; Toxic and trace metals

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; METAL; MOLYBDENUM; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPEAN UNION; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; KIDNEY PARENCHYMA; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT INDUSTRY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PIG FARMING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWINE;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIAPHRAGM; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KIDNEY; LEAD; LIVER; MEAT; MERCURY; METALS; SPAIN; SWINE;

ANIMALIA; BOS; SUIDAE;

EID: 34547954963     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701216719     Document Type: Article

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