PCB and PCT levels in cultivated and free-living mussels of Galicia (North West Spain)

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 1-4, 1996, Pages 31-36

  Alvarez Pineiro M E ^a   Lage Yusty, M A ^a   Simal Lozano, J ^a   Carril Gonzalez Barros, S T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cultivated mussels; Free living mussels; Mussels; PCBs; PCTs

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; HEALTH HAZARDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

CULTIVATED MUSSELS; FREE LIVING MUSSELS; POLYCHLORINATED TERPHENYLS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 0010556452     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772249609358321     Document Type: Article

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