Health risk assessments of heavy metal exposure via consumption of marine mussels collected from anthropogenic sites

• Main Authors: Yap, Chee Kong, Cheng, Wan Hee, Ali, Karami, Ahmad, Ismail
• Format: Article
• Published: Elsevier B.V. 2016
• Subjects: RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.intimal.edu.my/727/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.092; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2016.02.092

A total of 40 marine mussel Perna viridis populations collected (2002–2009) from 20 geographical sites located in two busy shipping lanes namely the Straits of Malacca (10 sites; 16 populations) and the Straits of Johore (8 sites; 21 populations) and three populations (2 sites) on the east coast of...