Human health risks of geothermally derived metals and other contaminants in wild-caught food

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 346-365

  Phillips, Ngaire R ^a   Stewart, Michael ^a   Olsen, Greg ^a   Hickey, Christopher W ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; NICKEL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ZINC;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CRAYFISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; PAPHIES AUSTRALIS; PARANEPHROPS PLANIFRONS; PERNA CANALICULUS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RAINBOW TROUT; RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALS; ARSENIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HOT SPRINGS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METALS, HEAVY; NEW ZEALAND; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SHELLFISH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84896298303     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2013.866915     Document Type: Article

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