Heavy Metal Concentrations and Potential Human Health Risk for Consuming Gills, Muscles, Liver and Gonads of Silver Catfish (Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus) Reaped from Great Kwa River, Calabar, Cross River State, Nigeria
The objective of this paper was to assess the concentrations of Pb, Hg, Cd, As, Cr, Zn and the potential human health risk associated with consuming contaminated gills, muscles, liver and , gonads of silver catfish (Chrysichthys nigrodigitatus) reaped from Great Kwa River, Calabar, Cross River Stat...
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| Main Authors: | E. M. Ayim, N. O. Sam-Uket, J. T. Onejeme, I. O. Owali |
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Joint Coordination Centre of the World Bank assisted National Agricultural Research Programme (NARP)
2024-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management |
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| Online Access: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/jasem/article/view/284515 |
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