Speciation of arsenic and mercury in feed: Why and how?

Biotechnology, Agronomy, Society and Environment

Volumn 15, Issue SPEC. ISSUE 1, 2011, Pages 45-51

  Hedegaard, Rikke Vingborg ^a   Sloth, Jens Jørgen ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Feed; Heavy metals; Inorganic arsenic; Methylmercury; Speciation analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952423620     PISSN: 13706233     EISSN: 17804507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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