Heavy metals in Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) from the Aleutians: Location, age, size, and risk

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 1897-1911

  Burger, Joanna ^a,c   Gochfeld, Michael ^a,b   Shukla, Tara ^a,b   Jeitner, Christian ^c   Burke, Sean ^c   Donio, Mark ^c   Shukla, Sheila ^c   Snigaroff, Ronald ^d   Snigaroff, Daniel ^d   Stamm, Timothy ^d   Volz, Conrad ^e  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Villages of Atka and Nikolski   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMIUM; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; SELENIUM;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FISH; GADUS MACROCEPHALUS; LIVER; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OTOLITH; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ALASKA; ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GADIFORMES; HUMANS; LIVER; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SELENIUM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

GADUS MACROCEPHALUS;

EID: 35648998533     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390701551159     Document Type: Article

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