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Assessment of Toxic Metals and feed habits of the snail Pomacea specie from the Amatitlan Lake

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In the present thesis an assesment of cadmium, cooper, cromium VI, and lead was made in samples of snail pomacea specie from the Amatitlan Lake. We conclude that the comsuption of this mollusk is toxic for human health. The concentration of heavy metals like cadmium, cooper shows that are not recomended for human comsuption according to Spanish and FAO/PAHO standards

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Original title (Spanish)
Determinacion de algunos metales exoticos y habitos alimenticios del caracol Pomacea sp. del Lago de Amatitlan

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Imprint Pagination
82 p.
Report number
INIS-GT--008

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Country of Publication
Guatemala
Country of Input or Organization
Guatemala
INIS RN
32019310
Subject category
S37: INORGANIC, ORGANIC, PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY;
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Thesis
Descriptors DEI
CADMIUM; CHROMIUM; COPPER; LEAD; QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; SNAILS; TRACE AMOUNTS; VOLTAMETRY
Descriptors DEC
ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ELEMENTS; INVERTEBRATES; METALS; MOLLUSCS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS

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Funding organization
Direccion General de Energia Nuclear, Guatemala City (Guatemala)