Determination of mercury and arsenic levels in fish caught in the Beheshtabad River, Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, Iran

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1627-1631

  Raissy, Mehdi ^a   Rahimi, Ebrahim ^a   Ansari, Mahsa ^a   Ebadi, Abdol Ghaffar ^b  

^a ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Atomic absorption spectrometry; Fish; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC LEVELS; ARSENIC POLLUTION; ATOMIC ABSORPTION; FISH SPECIES; GRAPHITE FURNACE ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY; PUBLIC HEALTH; THRESHOLD LIMITS; TOLERANCE LEVELS;

ABSORPTION; ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; ARSENIC; ATOMS; FISH; MERCURY (METAL);

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY;

ARSENIC; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; GRAPHITE; MERCURY (ELEMENT); POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION TOLERANCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; THRESHOLD;

EID: 77956664687     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772241003689876     Document Type: Article

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