Heavy metal levels in suspended sediments, Crassostrea gigas, and the risk to humans

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 442-450

  Widmeyer, Joline R ^a   Bendell Young, Leah I ^a  

^a SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; ZINC;

BIVALVE; COASTAL ZONE; DIET; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH RISK; INGESTION RATE; ISOTOPIC ANALYSIS; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESUSPENSION; STABLE ISOTOPE; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; ISOTOPE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OYSTER; PARTICLE RESUSPENSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR;

ANIMALS; CRASSOSTREA; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BAYNES SOUND; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

CRASSOSTREA GIGAS; OSTREIDAE;

EID: 51849153937     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9120-3     Document Type: Article

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