Risk assessment of mercury through food intake for Korean population

Korean Journal of Food Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 106-113

  Choi, Hoon ^a   Park, Sung Kug ^a   Kim, Meehye ^a  

^a National Institute of Food and Drug Safety Evaluation   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Food; Mercury; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CHORDATA; ECHINODERMATA;

EID: 84861632288     PISSN: 03676293     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.9721/KJFST.2012.44.1.106     Document Type: Article

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