Mercury and methylmercury levels in the main traded fish species in Hong Kong

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 1, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 106-113

  Chung, S W C ^a   Kwong, K P ^a   Tang, A S P ^b   Xiao, Y ^b,c   Ho, P Y Y ^b  

^a Public Health Laboratory Centre   (China)

^b Food and Environmental Hygiene Department   (China)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Fish species; Flow injection mercury analyser (FIMS); Gas chromatography mass spectrometry (GC MS); Hong Kong; Methylmercury; Total mercury

Indexed keywords

BERYCIDAE; BERYX SPLENDENS; SCOMBRIDAE;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURIC CHLORIDE; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350179899     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02652030802277586     Document Type: Article

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