Total mercury, cadmium and lead levels in main export fish of Sri Lanka

Food Additives and Contaminants: Part B Surveillance

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 309-314

  Jinadasa, B K K K ^a   Edirisinghe, E M R K B ^b   Wickramasinghe, I ^c  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLOMBO   (Sri Lanka)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

cadmium; export; fish; lead; mercury; Sri Lanka

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); VITAMINS;

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROPHOTOMETRY; CADMIUM AND LEADS; CADMIUMS (CD); EXPORT; FISH SPECIES; INDIAN OCEAN; SRI LANKA; TOTAL MERCURIES;

FISH;

LUTJANUS; MAKAIRA INDICA; THUNNUS ALBACARES; XIPHIAS GLADIUS;

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROMETRY; CHEMISTRY; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MUSCLE; PERCIFORMES; SEA FOOD; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; COMMERCE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIAN OCEAN; LEAD; MERCURY; MUSCLES; PERCIFORMES; SEAFOOD; SPECTROPHOTOMETRY, ATOMIC; SRI LANKA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84918573466     PISSN: 19393210     EISSN: 19393229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19393210.2014.938131     Document Type: Article

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