Mercury concentration in frozen whole-fish homogenates is insensitive to holding time

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 411-417

  Peterson, Spencer A ^a   Peck, David V ^a   Van Sickle, John ^a   Hughes, Robert M ^b  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CAAS mercury analysis; EMAP; Fish tissue; Mercury; Pre analysis holding time

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MERCURY (ELEMENT);

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHANNEL CATFISH; FISH; HOMOGENATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; RAINBOW TROUT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TEMPERATURE;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FREEZING; MERCURY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 34548359016     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0237-6     Document Type: Article

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