Levels of total mercury in marine organisms from Adriatic sea, Italy

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 244-248

  Perugini, Monia ^a   Visciano, Pierina ^a   Manera, Maurizio ^a   Zaccaroni, Annalisa ^b   Olivieri, Vincenzo ^c   Amorena, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^c Executive Veterinary ASL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cephalopod; Crustacean; Fish; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

ADRIATIC SEA; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEAN; FISHERY PRODUCT; MARINE ORGANISMS; TOTAL MERCURIES; TOTAL MERCURY;

FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; MEATS;

MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY;

ARTICLE; CEPHALOPOD; CRUSTACEA; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFORMATION; ITALY; LOBSTER; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; SEA; SEA FOOD; SEA POLLUTION; SPECIES; SQUID;

ANIMALS; DECAPODIFORMES; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; ITALY; MERCURY; NEPHROPIDAE; OCEANS AND SEAS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CEPHALOPODA; CRUSTACEA; MERLUCCIUS MERLUCCIUS; MICROMESISTIUS POUTASSOU; MULLIDAE; NEPHROPS NORVEGICUS; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS;

EID: 67650409758     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9758-9     Document Type: Article

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