Mercury concentrations in edible species harvested from Gresik coast, Indonesia and its health risk assessment

Cahiers de Biologie Marine

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-8

  Soegianto, Agoes ^a   Moehammadi, Noer ^a   Irawan, Bambang ^a   Affandi, Mochammad ^a   Hamami, ^a  

^a AIRLANGGA UNIVERSITY   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Food safety; Gresik coast; Indonesia; Mercury; Seafood

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATER; EDIBLE SPECIES; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

EAST JAVA; EUROPE; GRESIK; INDONESIA; JAPAN;

ANIMALIA; ARIUS; CHANOS CHANOS; COILIA; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); JOHNIUS BELENGERII; LEIOGNATHUS; LIZA VAIGIENSIS; PENAEUS; PISCES;

EID: 77952693832     PISSN: 00079723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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