Occurrence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) in mussel (Mytilus galloprovincialis) and eel (Anguilla anguilla) from Bizerte lagoon, Tunisia, and associated human health risk assessment

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2016, Pages 104-116

  Barhoumi, Badreddine ^a,b   El Megdiche, Yassine ^a   Clérandeau, Christelle ^b   Ameur, Walid Ben ^a   Mekni, Sabrine ^a   Bouabdallah, Sondes ^a   Derouiche, Abdelkader ^a   Touil, Soufiane ^a   Cachot, Jérôme ^b   Driss, Mohamed Ridha ^a  

^a Struggle and Prevention   (Tunisia)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Bizerte lagoon; European eels; Mediterranean mussels; PAHs; Risks for human consumption

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIVALVE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EEL; HEALTH RISK; LAGOON; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY;

TUNISIA;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; MYTILUS GALLOPROVINCIALIS;

EID: 84973497268     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2016.05.012     Document Type: Article

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