Bioaccumulation of Key Metals and Other Contaminants by Seaweeds from the Egyptian Mediterranean Sea Coast in Relation to Human Health Risk

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1285-1305

  El Said, Ghada Farouk ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

BAF; fluoride; human health risk assessment; metals; multivariate analysis; seaweeds; sediment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880291990     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.708253     Document Type: Article

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