Assessment of radiation and heavy metals risk due to the dietary intake of marine fishes (Rastrelliger kanagurta) from the Straits of Malacca

PLoS ONE

Volumn 10, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Khandaker, M U ^a   Asaduzzaman, Kh ^a   Nawi, S M ^a   Usman, A R ^a   Amin, Y M ^a   Daar, E ^b,c   Bradley, D A ^a,b   Ahmed, H ^d   Okhunov, A A ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

^d JAZAN UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^e INTERNATIONAL ISLAMIC UNIVERSITY MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALUMINUM; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COBALT; COPPER; HEAVY METAL; IRON; LEAD; MANGANESE; MERCURY; NICKEL; POTASSIUM 40; RADIUM 226; SELENIUM; SODIUM; THORIUM 232; ZINC; RADIOISOTOPE;

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EFFECTIVE DOSE (RADIATION); FISH; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); NONHUMAN; RADIATION HAZARD; RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINATION; RADIOACTIVITY; RASTRELLIGER KANAGURTA; WATER ANALYSIS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER QUALITY; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; MALAYSIA; RADIATION; RISK;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METALS, HEAVY; RADIATION; RADIOISOTOPES; RISK;

EID: 84953889057     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0128790     Document Type: Article

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