Cadmium, lead and total mercury in Tilapia sp. in Sri Lankan reservoirs

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 90-94

  Jinadasa, B K K K ^a   Edirisinghe, E M R K B ^a,b  

^a National Aquatic Resources Research and Development Agency Colombo   (Sri Lanka)

^b RAJARATA UNIVERSITY OF SRI LANKA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

cadmium; lead and total mercury; Sri Lanka; Tilapia

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); MUSCLE;

DRY WEIGHT; EUROPEAN UNION; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HG CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; SRI LANKA; TILAPIA; TOTAL MERCURIES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

OREOCHROMIS; TILAPIA; TILAPIA SP.;

CADMIUM; FRESH WATER; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GILL; HUMAN; LIVER; MUSCLE; SEA FOOD; SRI LANKA; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FRESH WATER; GILLS; HUMANS; LEAD; LIVER; MERCURY; MUSCLES; SEAFOOD; SRI LANKA; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84902889576     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2013.849761     Document Type: Article

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