Determination of heavy metals by inductively coupled plasma-optical emission spectrometry in fish from the Piracicaba River in Southern Brazil

Microchemical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 171-174

  Meche, Andrew ^a   Martins, Manoela C ^b   Lofrano, Bruna E S N ^b   Hardaway, Carey J ^a   Merchant, Mark ^a   Verdade, Luciano ^b  

^a MCNEESE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Effluent; Heavy metals; ICP OES; Piracicaba River

Indexed keywords

EID: 71649115533     PISSN: 0026265X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.microc.2009.10.018     Document Type: Article

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