Accumulation of elements (S, As, Br, Sr, Cd, Hg, Pb) in two populations of Cancer pagurus: Ecological implications to human consumption

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 150-156

  Barrento, Sara ^a   Marques, António ^a   Teixeira, Bárbara ^a   Carvalho, Maria Luísa ^b   Vaz Pires, Paulo ^c,d   Nunes, Maria Leonor ^a  

^a INSTITUTO PORTUGUÊS DO MAR E DA ATMOSFERA   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Cancer pagurus; Elements; Gonads; Hazards; Hepatopancreas; Muscle

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; BROMINE; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; ELEMENT; LEAD; MERCURY; STRONTIUM; SULFUR;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CANCER PAGURUS; CONSUMER; COST; CRAB; CRUSTACEA; ECOLOGY; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY FLUORESCENCE; FEMALE; FLAME ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; GENDER; GILL; GONAD; HARVEST PERIOD; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASHORE; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ANIMALS; BRACHYURA; DEMOGRAPHY; ECOSYSTEM; ENGLAND; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GILLS; GONADS; HEPATOPANCREAS; MALE; METALS; MUSCLES; OCEANS AND SEAS; SCOTLAND; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANCER PAGURUS; CRUSTACEA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 58149402211     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2008.10.021     Document Type: Article

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