Heavy metal contamination of European eel (Anguilla anguilla) and brown trout (Salmo trutta) caught in wild ecosystems in Spain

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2332-2336

  Linde, A R ^a   Sanchez Galan, S ^b   Garcia Vazquez, E ^b  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Faculty de Medicina   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANGUILLIFORMES; ANIMALIA; SALMO; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 6944226450     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X-67.10.2332     Document Type: Article

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