Health risk of consuming heavy metals in farmed tilapia in central Taiwan

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 558-564

  Ling, Min Pei ^a   Hsu, Hui Tsung ^a   Shie, Ruei Hao ^b   Wu, Chin Ching ^a   Hong, Yu Syuan ^a  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human health risk; Monte Carlo simulation; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC ACTIVITY; CANCER RISK; HUMAN HEALTH RISK; INDUSTRIAL PARKS; METAL CONTENT; METAL ELEMENTS; MONTE CARLO SIMULATION; PROBABILISTIC RISK ANALYSIS; RESEARCH INSTITUTES; SMALL ISLAND; TILAPIA;

AGRICULTURE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; FISH PONDS; FISHERIES; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; METALS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PARKS; RISK ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY FACTOR;

HEALTH RISKS;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; SELENIUM; ZINC;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HISTOPATHOLOGY; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PISCICULTURE; POND; RISK ASSESSMENT; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; DIET; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; NEOPLASMS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; TAIWAN; TILAPIA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

TILAPIA;

EID: 69949180746     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9829-y     Document Type: Article

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