Heavy metals constamination of commercial fish foodstuff-potential health risks on human consumers

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-236

  Meghea, Aurelia ^a   Murariu, Alina ^a   Tanase, Cristina ^b   Codorean, Eleonora ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^b VICTOR BABES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Atomic Absorption Spectrometry (AAS); Heavy metals contamination; Toxicologicl effects

Indexed keywords

EID: 65749089058     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2009.033     Document Type: Article

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