Metal concentrations of common freshwater and marine fish from the Pearl River Delta, South China

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 705-715

  Cheung, K C ^a   Leung, H M ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ZINC;

BIOACCUMULATION; CICHLID; CYPRINID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MUSCLE; POND; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARISTICHTHYS NOBILIS; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLUS; FISH; HONG KONG; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SINIPERCA CHUATSI; WATER CONTAMINATION; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENICALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; METALS, HEAVY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

CTENOPHARYNGODON; CTENOPHARYNGODON IDELLA; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS; HYPOPHTHALMICHTHYS NOBILIS; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; SINIPERCA CHUATSI; TILAPIA;

EID: 41849121895     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9064-7     Document Type: Article

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