Organochlorines and mercury in pilot whale blubber consumed by Faroe islanders

Science of the Total Environment, The

Volumn 149, Issue 1-2, 1994, Pages 97-111

  Simmonds, M P ^a   Johnston, P A ^b   French, M C ^c   Reeve, R ^d   Hutchinson, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^c CENTRE FOR ECOLOGY AND HYDROLOGY   (United Kingdom)

^d Environmental Agency   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Diet; Faroes; Mercury; Organochlorines; Pilot whales; Whaling

Indexed keywords

MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; DIET; FISHERMAN; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MERCURY; PREGNANCY; WHALES;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; DELPHINIDAE; GLOBICEPHALA MELAS;

EID: 0028337403     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(94)90008-6     Document Type: Article

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