Arsenic and mercury in commercially valuable fish species from the Persian Gulf: Influence of season and habitat

Food and Chemical Toxicology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2945-2950

  Saei Dehkordi, S Siavash ^a   Fallah, Aziz A ^a   Nematollahi, Amin ^a  

^a SHAHREKORD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Food safety; Habitat; Mercury; Persian Gulf; Seasonal variation

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; GRAPHITE; MERCURY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; BENTHOPELAGIC FISH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMERSAL FISH; EUKARYOTES BY HABITAT; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; FOOD INTAKE; IRAN; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC FISH; SEASONAL VARIATION; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES HABITAT; SUMMER; WEIGHT; WET WEIGHT; WINTER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; DIET; ECOSYSTEM; FISHES; HUMANS; HYDROLYSIS; INDIAN OCEAN; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; MEAT; MERCURY; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; SEASONS; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC;

ACANTHOPAGRUS LATUS; CARANX; CHIROCENTRUS DORAB; EPINEPHELUS COIOIDES; NEMIPTERUS; PAMPUS ARGENTEUS; PARASTROMATEUS NIGER; PLATYCEPHALUS INDICUS; POMADASYS ARGENTEUS; PSETTODES ERUMEI; RACHYCENTRON; SCOMBEROMORUS COMMERSON; SPHYRAENA JELLO; TRICHIURUS LEPTURUS;

EID: 77956338937     PISSN: 02786915     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fct.2010.07.031     Document Type: Article

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