Copper, zinc, arsenic, cadmium, mercury, and lead in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) in the Bergen harbor area, Western Norway

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 276-284

  Airas, S ^a   Duinker, A ^a   Julshamn, K ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MERCURY; TRACE ELEMENT; ZINC;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EVALUATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAMPLING; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BIVALVIA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NORWAY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS;

MYTILUS; MYTILUS EDULIS;

EID: 4644285197     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0424-y     Document Type: Article

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