Total arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium contents in edible dried seaweed in Korea

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 7-13

  Hwang, Y O ^a   Park, S G ^a   Park, G Y ^a   Choi, S M ^a   Kim, M Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Inductively coupled plasma (ICP); Lead; Mercury; Metals analysis; Risk assessment; Seafood

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD PRESERVATION; FOOD SAFETY; HUMAN; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; PROCEDURES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED; SOUTH KOREA; TOXICITY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FOOD, PRESERVED; HUMANS; LEAD; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAWEED;

EID: 77951072562     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440040903532079     Document Type: Article

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