Arsenic, cadmium, lead and mercury in canned sardines commercially available in eastern Kentucky, USA

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Shiber, John G ^a  

^a Kentucky Community Technical College System   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Cadmium; Canned sardines; Lead; Mercury

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CANNED SARDINES; CARDIO-VASCULAR DISEASE; EASTERN KENTUCKY; FRESH FISH; GRAPHITE FURNACES; MERCURY; SMALL PELAGIC FISH; THERMAL DECOMPOSITIONS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FISH; LEAD; METALS; PYROLYSIS;

MERCURY (METAL);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; CANNED FOOD; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FISHERY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD COMPOSITION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SARDINE; UNITED STATES;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; KENTUCKY; LEAD; MERCURY; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

KENTUCKY; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 78751622838     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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