1. Metal Concentrations in Age-Groups of the Clam, Megapitaria squalida, from a Coastal Lagoon in Mexico: A Human Health Risk Assessment
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J. Isidro Osuna-López, Martín G. Frías-Espericueta, Irving B. Pineda-Pérez, Domenico Voltolina, Marisela Aguilar-Juárez, C. Cristina Osuna-Martínez, Jorge Ruelas-Inzunza, C. G. Delgado-Alvarez, Rodolfo Covantes-Rosales, and Ofelia Escobar-Sánchez
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Aging ,Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis ,Population ,010501 environmental sciences ,Biology ,Toxicology ,Risk Assessment ,01 natural sciences ,Human health ,Megapitaria squalida ,Age groups ,Metals, Heavy ,Animals ,Humans ,Ecotoxicology ,education ,Mexico ,0105 earth and related environmental sciences ,education.field_of_study ,04 agricultural and veterinary sciences ,General Medicine ,Bioaccumulation ,Pollution ,Bivalvia ,040103 agronomy & agriculture ,0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries ,Risk assessment ,Water Pollutants, Chemical ,Environmental Monitoring - Abstract
The present study shows the human health risk of Cd, Cu, Hg and Zn by consumption of clams Megapitaria squalida from Northwest Mexico, collected in 2013. The mean concentration for each metal in the soft tissue was: Zn > Cu > Cd > Hg; and mean values of 68.89 ± 37.59—30.36 ± 27.19, 8.77 ± 1.35—6.80 ± 0.36, 4.47 ± 0.21—3.18 ± 0.63 and 0.99 ± 0.81—0.52 ± 0.16 µg/g, respectively. Clam age was significantly negatively correlated (p
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- 2019
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