Distribution and relationships of As, Cd, Pb and Hg in freshwater fish from five French fishing areas

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1900-1910

  Noël, Laurent ^a   Chekri, Rachida ^a   Millour, Sandrine ^a   Merlo, Mathilde ^a   Leblanc, Jean Charles ^a   Guérin, Thierry ^a  

^a FRENCH AGENCY FOR FOOD   (France)

Author keywords

Freshwater fish; ICP MS; Inorganic contaminant; Occurrence data

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; FISH; FISHERIES; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA MASS SPECTROMETRY; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE; WATER;

CONTAMINATED SITES; FRESHWATER FISHES; ICP-MS; INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS; MASS RELATIONSHIPS; MICROWAVE DIGESTION; OCCURRENCE DATA; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

FISHING (OIL WELLS);

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY;

ARSENIC; BENTHIC-PELAGIC COUPLING; CADMIUM; GUILD; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LEAD; MERCURY (ELEMENT); MUSCLE; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; BREAM; COMMON CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOCIDAE; EUROPEAN CATFISH; EUROPEAN EEL; FRESHWATER FISH; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PIKEPERCH; ROACH;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; CYPRINUS CARPIO; HYPEROGLYPHE POROSA; SILURUS GLANIS;

EID: 84872681508     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.015     Document Type: Article

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