Lead and cadmium contamination in freshwater fish and potential health risk in a fish farming center / Hamizah Mustaffar

• Main Author: Mustaffar, Hamizah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: Toxicology. Poisons; Environmental health. Including sewage disposal, air pollution, nuisances, water supply; Food and food supply in relation to public health
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44187/1/44187.PDF; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/44187/

Introduction: Fish are important for human diet in many parts of the world because they contribute to solve the global food problem and provide the well known proteins, omega-3, minerals, vitamins and also a vital source of heavy metal. The common heavy metals that are found in fish are copper, zinc...