Biomonitoring as assessment of human exposure to heavy metals. Speciation of Hg in fish food and impact on human health

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 409-412

  Prodana, M ^a   Murariu, A ^a   Meghea, A ^a   Demetrescu, I ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY POLITEHNICA OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

Author keywords

Biologica samples; Contaminant; Digestion; Fish; HPLC; Inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry; Mercury; Methyl mercury; Speciation; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICA SAMPLES; CONTAMINANT; DIGESTION; HPLC; MERCURY; METHYL MERCURY; SPECIATION;

ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; FISH; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MASS SPECTROMETERS; MEATS; MERCURY (METAL); SPECTROMETRY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

EID: 70149110688     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/143307509X441694     Document Type: Conference Paper

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