Health risks of heavy metals in the mediterranean mussels as seafood

Environmental Chemistry Letters

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 119-130

  Stankovic, Slavka ^a   Jovic, Mihajlo ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BELGRADE   (Serbia)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Human health; Mediterranean mussel; Risks; Seafood

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOREMEDIATION; ENERGY SECURITY; HEAVY METALS; INVERTEBRATES; LAKE POLLUTION; MARINE POLLUTION;

ADVERSE EFFECT; ANIMAL PROTEINS; FILTER-FEEDING; HIGH QUALITY; HUMAN HEALTH; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; MEDITERRANEAN MUSSEL; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS; SEAFOOD; SOFT TISSUE;

MOLLUSCS;

ANIMALIA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84860745640     PISSN: 16103653     EISSN: 16103661     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10311-011-0343-1     Document Type: Review

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