Determination of methylmercury in marine fish from coastal areas of Zhejiang, China

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 182-187

  Huang, Zhu ^a   Pan, Xiao Dong ^b   Han, Jian Long ^b   Wu, Ping Gu ^b   Tang, Jun ^b   Tan, Ying ^b  

^a ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

HPLC AFS; marine fish; methylmercury; total mercury

Indexed keywords

COASTAL AREA; FISH SPECIES; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROMETRY; HPLC-AFS; MARINE FISH; METHYL MERCURY; MICROWAVE-ASSISTED EXTRACTION; TOTAL MERCURIES; ZHEJIANG; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

COASTAL ZONES; FISH; FLUORESCENCE SPECTROSCOPY; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MERCURY (METAL);

MERCURY COMPOUNDS;

MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY DERIVATIVE; POISON; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTROL; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROWAVE RADIATION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; SEA FOOD; SPECTROFLUOROMETRY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DIET; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INSPECTION; HUMANS; MERCURY; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICROWAVES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERCIFORMES; POISONS; SEAFOOD; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84864648172     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2012.683881     Document Type: Article

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