Heavy metals concentration in different organs of tilapia fish (oreochromis niloticus) from selected areas of Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 55, 2011, Pages 11562-11566

  Tawee, Abdulali ^a   Shuhaimi Othman, M ^a   Ahmad, A K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bangi area; Five sites; Heavy metals; Tilapia fish organs

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; LEAD; NICKEL; ZINC;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD SAFETY; GILL; LAKE; LIVER PARENCHYMA; MALAYSIA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; POND; RIVER; TILAPIA;

OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PISCES; TILAPIA;

EID: 80053054655     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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