Total and organic Hg in fish from the reservoir of a chlor-alkali plant in Tainan, Taiwan

Journal of Food and Drug Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 75-80

  Huang, Sih Wei ^a   Chen, Chiee Young ^b   Chen, Meng Hsien ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL KAOHSIUNG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Taiwan)

^c Asia Pacific Ocean Research Center   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Estuarine fishes; Fish muscles; Health threat; Heavy metal; Safety seafood consumption

Indexed keywords

ORGANOMERCURY COMPOUND;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; SAMPLING; SEA FOOD; TAIWAN; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

CHANOS CHANOS; CHELON MACROLEPIS; ELOPS MACHNATA; GERRES FILAMENTOSUS; LEIOGNATHUS EQUULUS; MUGIL CEPHALUS; NEMATALOSA COME; PELATES QUADRILINEATUS; PISCES; THRYSSA HAMILTONII;

EID: 46249107894     PISSN: 10219498     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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