Heavy metals (mercury, arsenic, cadmium, plumbum) in selected marine fish and shellfish along the straits of malacca

International Food Research Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 135-140

  Alina, M ^a   Azrina, A ^b   Mohd Yunus, A S ^c   Mohd Zakiuddin, S ^c   Mohd Izuan Effendi, H ^c   Muhammad Rizal, R ^c  

^a Faculty of Science   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^c UNIVERSITI KEBANGSAAN MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

As; Cd; Fish; Hg; ICP OES; Pb; Shellfish

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856907919     PISSN: 19854668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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