Heavy metal concentrations in wild fishes captured from the South China Sea and associated health risks

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 96, Issue 1-2, 2015, Pages 508-512

  Gu, Yang Guang ^a,b,c   Lin, Qin ^a,b,c   Wang, Xue Hui ^a,b,c   Du, Fei Yan ^a,b,c   Yu, Zi Ling ^a,b,c   Huang, Hong Hui ^a,b,c  

^a SOUTH CHINA SEA FISHERIES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Key Laboratory of Fishery Ecology and Environment   (China)

^c AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

Author keywords

Health risk; Heavy metals; Marine wild fish; South China Sea

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MANGANESE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; FISH SPECIES; HEAVY METAL CONCENTRATION; HUMAN CONSUMPTION; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; IRON CONCENTRATIONS; SOUTH CHINA SEA; UPPER LIMITS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; NICKEL; ZINC; HEAVY METAL; WATER POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; RISK ASSESSMENT; WILD POPULATION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEA; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; SEA FOOD; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

PACIFIC OCEAN; SOUTH CHINA SEA;

PISCES;

ANIMALS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; METALS, HEAVY; OCEANS AND SEAS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEAFOOD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84931568603     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: 18793363     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2015.04.022     Document Type: Article

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