Health risk assessment of heavy metals via dietary intake of Shrimp (Litopenaeus vannamei) from Selangor / Nur Safiyyah Ishak

• Main Author: Ishak, Nur Safiyyah
• Format: Student Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2015
• Subjects: Cadmium; Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine; Diet therapy. Dietary cookbooks
• Online Access: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55252/1/55252.PDF; https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/55252/

Litopenaeus vannamei is native to the Eastern Pacific coast from Sonora, Mexico. It lives in tropical marine areas where water temperatures are normally >20°C throughout the year. Since anthropogenic pollutants are the main sources of heavy metal contaminants in the ocean, the pollutants generate...