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Monitoring of Heavy Metals Content in Fish Muscle Tissue along the Sava River in Serbia

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|Dec 2025

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/acve-2025-0037 | Journal eISSN: 1820-7448 | Journal ISSN: 0567-8315
Language: English
Page range: 482 - 498
Submitted on: Oct 3, 2025
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Accepted on: Nov 28, 2025
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Published on: Dec 11, 2025
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
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© 2025 Radmila Marković, Svetlana Grdović, Jelena Janjić, Dragoljub Jovanović, Dejan Perić, Vladimir Dimitrijević, Stamen Radulović, Dragan Šefer, published by University of Belgrade, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine
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