Mercury, cadmium and lead levels in samples of the main traded fish and shellfish species in Galicia, Spain

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 15-21

  Blanco, Sonia Lucía ^a   González, José Carlos ^a   Vieites, Juan M ^a  

^a ANFACO CECOPESCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

AAS; Cadmium; Fish; GFAAS; Heavy metals; Lead; Mercury; Metals analysis; Risk assessment; Seafood

Indexed keywords

BIVALVIA; CEPHALOPODA; CHLAMYS; CHONDRICHTHYES; SCOMBRIDAE; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CRUSTACEA; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD FREEZING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HUMAN; MOLLUSC; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CRUSTACEA; DIET; EUROPEAN UNION; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; FOOD, PRESERVED; FROZEN FOODS; GUIDELINE ADHERENCE; HUMANS; LEAD; MERCURY; MOLLUSCA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; SPAIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 68049104652     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210802236893     Document Type: Article

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