Concentrations and profiles of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in some popular fish species in Nigeria

Journal of Food Protection

Volumn 78, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 554-560

  Iwegbue, Chukwujindu M A ^a,b   Tesi, Godswill O ^a   Overah, Loretta C ^a,b   Bassey, Francisca I ^c   Nwadukwe, Frank O ^d   Martincigh, Bice S ^b  

^a Metals and Trace Organics Research Group Department of Chemistry   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABAR   (Nigeria)

^d DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GADUS MORHUA; GYMNARCHUS NILOTICUS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS; PSEUDOTOLITHUS SENEGALENSIS; SARDINELLA AURITA; SCOMBER SCOMBRUS; SEBASTES FASCIATUS; TILAPIA; TRACHURUS TRACHURUS;

POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NIGERIA; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA FOOD;

ANIMALS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; NIGERIA; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD;

EID: 84923789048     PISSN: 0362028X     EISSN: 19449097     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4315/0362-028X.JFP-14-432     Document Type: Article

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