Mercury content in Chilean fish and estimated intake levels

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 955-959

  Cortes, Sandra ^a   Fortt, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

Chile; Fish products; Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CANNED FOOD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMON; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STANDARD; TUNA;

ANIMALS; CHILE; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MERCURY; PILOT PROJECTS; SEAFOOD;

MACRURONIDAE; REXEA SOLANDRI; SCOMBRIDAE; SERRANIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

EID: 34547962107     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701278362     Document Type: Article

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