Organochlorine Contaminants in Arctic Marine Food Chains: Identification, Geographical Distribution, and Temporal Trends in Polar Bears

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 9, 1988, Pages 1063-1071

  Norstrom, Ross J ^a   Simon, Mary ^a   Muir, Derek C G ^b   Schweinsburg, Ray E ^c  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

^c Northwest Territories ^*  (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARCTIC; BEAR; DDT; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUND; PCB; POLAR BEAR;

ARCTIC; CANADA, BAFFIN BAY; CANADA, HUDSON BAY;

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING--ARCTIC OCEAN; MARINE BIOLOGY--ECOSYSTEMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS--ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

ARCTIC MARINE FOOD CHAINS; CANADIAN ARCTIC; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; POLAR BEARS;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL CELL; FOOD CHAIN; MAMMAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN;

EID: 0024200424     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es00174a011     Document Type: Article

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