Total mercury and methylmercury concentrations in fish from the Mojana region of Colombia

Environmental Geochemistry and Health

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 21-30

  Marrugo Negrete, José ^a   Verbel, Jesus Olivero ^b   Ceballos, Edineldo Lans ^a   Benitez, Luis Norberto ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE CÓRDOBA   (Colombia)

^b UNIVERSIDAD DE CARTAGENA   (Colombia)

^c UNIVERSIDAD DEL VALLE   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Colombia; Mercury; Mercury in fish; Mercury risk; Methylmercury; Mojana

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY (ELEMENT); METHYLMERCURY; POLLUTION EFFECT; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COLOMBIA; DIET; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COLOMBIA; DIET; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MUSCLES; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

COLOMBIA; SOUTH AMERICA;

EID: 38649143682     PISSN: 02694042     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10653-007-9104-2     Document Type: Article

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