Mercury in fish: Concentration vs. fish size and estimates of mercury intake

Food Additives and Contaminants

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 1353-1357

  Storelli, M M ^a   Barone, G ^a   Piscitelli, G ^a   Marcotrigiano, G O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Fish; Provisional tolerable weekly intake (PTWI); Risk assessment; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EEL; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASPITRIGLA CUCULUS; CHELIDONICHTHYES KUMU; CONGER CONGER; CONGRIDAE; LEPIDOPUS CAUDATUS; MULLUS BARBATUS; PHYCIS BLENNOIDES; PHYCIS PHYCIS; RAJA ASTERIAS; TRIGLA LUCERNA;

EID: 36348993114     PISSN: 0265203X     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030701387197     Document Type: Article

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