Potential human health risk assessment of heavy metals via the consumption of tilapia Oreochromis mossambicus collected from contaminated and uncontaminated ponds

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 187, Issue 9, 2015, Pages

  Yap, Chee Kong ^a   Jusoh, Amiruddin ^a   Leong, Wah June ^a   Karami, Ali ^a   Ong, Ghim Hock ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b INTI INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Estimated daily intakes; Fish; Heavy metals; Target hazard quotients

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; FISH; FISHERIES; HAZARDS; HEALTH; HEAVY METALS; LAKES; LEAD; METALS; MUSCLE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; METAL BIOAVAILABILITY; METAL CONCENTRATIONS; POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; PROVISIONAL TOLERABLE WEEKLY INTAKES; TARGET HAZARD QUOTIENTS; TILAPIA OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS;

HEALTH RISKS;

CADMIUM; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; NICKEL; ZINC; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD QUALITY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; HEAVY METAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTION;

ADULT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHILD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; GILL; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTESTINE; LIVER; MALAYSIA; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; POND; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNIVERSITY; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANT;

MALAYSIA;

OREOCHROMIS MOSSAMBICUS; SERI; TILAPIA;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GILLS; HUMANS; INTESTINES; LIVER; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; MUSCLES; PONDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84940191946     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-015-4812-z     Document Type: Article

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