Levels of some heavy metals in fishes from Pahang river estuary, Pahang, Malaysia

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 157-161

  Kamaruzzaman, B Y ^a,b   Ong, M C ^b   Rina, S Z ^a   Joseph, B ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI MALAYSIA TERENGGANU   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Cu; Fishes; ICP MS; Pahang river estuary; Pb; Zn

Indexed keywords

COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATFISH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; GILL; MALAYSIA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STOMACH; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ARIUS; PISCES; SILURIFORMES;

EID: 77749251880     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2010.157.161     Document Type: Article

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