Trace metals in lates niloticus and Rastrineobola argentea samples for human consumption at winam gulf of Lake Victoria

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 233-240

  Ongeri, D M K ^a   Lalah, J O ^a   Wandiga, S O ^b   Schramm, K W ^c   Michalke, B ^c  

^a MASENO UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^c INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Fish; Human exposure; Kenya; Lake Victoria; Trace metals

Indexed keywords

FISH SPECIES; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN EXPOSURE; INTERNAL ORGANS; KENYA; LAKE VICTORIA; LATES NILOTICUS; SAMPLING SITE; TRACE METAL; TRACE METALS; WINAM GULF;

CADMIUM; FISH; LAKES; LEAD; MEATS; METALS; TRACE ANALYSIS; ZINC;

TRACE ELEMENTS;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; CYPRINID; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD ORGANISM; MOBILITY; PERCID; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TRACE METAL;

AFRICA; EAST AFRICAN LAKES; LAKE VICTORIA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

LATES NILOTICUS; RASTRINEOBOLA ARGENTEA;

EID: 70449419631     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240802011092     Document Type: Article

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