Ecotoxicological and human health risk in a petrochemical district of southern Italy

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 66, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 215-217

  Ausili, Antonella ^a   Gabellini, Massimo ^b   Cammarata, Giuliano ^c   Fattorini, Daniele ^a   Benedetti, Maura ^a   Pisanelli, Barbara ^a   Gorbi, Stefania ^a   Regoli, Francesco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^b ICRAM   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioavailability; Genotoxicity; Human health risk; Mercury; Mullus barbatus; Mytilus galloprovincialis; Priolo petrochemical site

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; MERCURY (METAL); PETROCHEMICALS; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOAVAILABILITY; GENOTOXIC DAMAGES; MULLUS BARBATUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; NEONATAL MALFORMATIONS;

HEALTH RISKS;

MERCURY;

BIOAVAILABILITY; BIOINDICATOR; BIVALVE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PERCIFORM; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONTAMINATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; GENOTOXICITY; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; PETROCHEMICAL INDUSTRY; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; ITALY; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; MYTILUS; PETROLEUM; PREGNANCY; SMEGMAMORPHA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; PRIOLO GARGALLO; SICILY; SIRACUSA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

MULLUS BARBATUS; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 44749086171     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marenvres.2008.02.062     Document Type: Article

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