The arsenic content in marketed seafood and associated health risks for the residents of Shandong, China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 168-173

  Wu, Xing ^a   Gao, Mi ^a   Wang, Lei ^b   Luo, Yongju ^c   Bi, Ran ^a   Li, Lixia ^a   Xie, Lingtian ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF APPLIED ECOLOGY   (China)

^b SHANDONG PEANUT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^c Guangxi Medical Information Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Dietary exposure; Health risk assessment; Seafood safety

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; DIETARY EXPOSURE; HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD SAFETY;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; BIVALVIA; CHINA; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; PENAEIDAE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARSENIC; CARCINOGEN;

ARSENIC; BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CARCINOGEN; CRUSTACEAN; DIET; FISH; FOOD SAFETY; HEALTH RISK; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEAFOOD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHOS; BIVALVE; CANCER RISK; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATED FISH; CONTAMINATED SHELLFISH; EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; MARGIN OF EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PELAGIC ZONE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD; SHRIMP;

CHINA; SHANDONG;

EID: 84893759244     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.01.028     Document Type: Article

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