Human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from consumption of blood cockle and exposure to contaminated sediments and water along the Klang Strait, Malaysia

Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany; Rosli Hashim; Majid Rezayi; Aishah Salleh; Mohammad Azizur Rahman; Omid Safari; A. Sasekumar

Human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from consumption of blood cockle and exposure to contaminated sediments and water along the Klang Strait, Malaysia

Date

2014

Authors

Seyedeh Belin Tavakoly Sany

Rosli Hashim

Majid Rezayi

Aishah Salleh

Mohammad Azizur Rahman

Omid Safari

A. Sasekumar

Publisher

Elsevier

Abstract

The concentration of carcinogenic poly aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs) present in water and sediment of Klang Strait as well as in the edible tissue of blood cockle (Anadara granosa) was investigated.

Keywords

Toxicity assessment, Carcinogenic risk for human consumption, PAHs, Blood cockle (Anadara granosa), Malaysia

Citation

Sany, S. B. T., Hashim, R., Rezayi, M., Salleh, A., Rahman, M. A., Safari, O., & Sasekumar, A. (2014). Human health risk of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons from consumption of blood cockle and exposure to contaminated sediments and water along the Klang Strait, Malaysia. Marine pollution bulletin, 84(1-2), 268-279.