Effects of skin removal on contaminant levels in salmon and trout filets

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 443, Issue , 2013, Pages 218-225

  Zhang, Xianming ^a   Gandhi, Nilima ^a   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b   Ho, Larissa S W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Fish consumption advisory; Lipid content; Lipophilic organic contaminants; Mercury; Skin removal

Indexed keywords

BROWN TROUTS; CHINOOK SALMON; COHO SALMON; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; DIETARY EXPOSURE; FISH CONSUMPTION; FISH SPECIES; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID CONTENT; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONTARIO; ONTARIO , CANADA; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; RAINBOW TROUT; SALMO TRUTTA; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CONTAMINATION; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

FISH;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; MIREX; OCTACHLOROSYTRENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; LIPID; MERCURY (ELEMENT); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SALMONID; SKIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BROWN TROUT; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PROCESSING; LIPOPHILICITY; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK REDUCTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SALMON; SEAFOOD; SKIN; TROUT; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CANADA; CREDIT RIVER; ONTARIO [CANADA];

ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; ONCORHYNCHUS MYKISS; ONCORHYNCHUS TSHAWYTSCHA; SALMO TRUTTA; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 84869864932     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.090     Document Type: Article

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