Assessment of potential health risk association with ingesting heavy metals in oreochromis niloticus collected from selected area in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur / Mohd Shahrir Mahmud Zuhdi

• Main Author: Mahmud Zuhdi, Mohd Shahrir
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; Water pollution; Metallurgy
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53195/1/53195.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/53195/

Recently, heavy metal pollutions in aquatic ecosystem are becoming critical issues. Bioaccumulation of heavy metals in aquatic animals causes serious threat to the human health when they are consumed. This study was conducted to determine the concentration of heavy metals (Pb and Cd) in muscle tissu...