Total dietary intake of mercury in the canary islands, Spain

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A Chemistry, Analysis, Control, Exposure and Risk Assessment

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 946-952

  Rubio, C ^a   Gutierrez A ^a   Burgos, A ^a   Hardisson, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Atomic absorption spectrometry (AAS) cold vapour; Dietary intake, Canary Islands (Spain); Mercury

Indexed keywords

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MEAT; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MILK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SPAIN; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

EID: 47949085006     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 19440057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030801993597     Document Type: Article

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