Enantiomeric ratios of α-hexachlorocyclohexane in blubber of small cetaceans

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 27-31

  Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a   Kumaran, Palaniappan ^a   Iwata, Hisato ^a   Tatsukawa, Ryo ^a   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^b  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CYCLODEXTRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

ARTICLE; BODY FAT; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CETACEA; ENANTIOMER; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; NONHUMAN;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; PHOCOENIDAE; PHOCOENOIDES DALLI;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLUBBER; ENANTIOMERIC RATIOS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINES;

EID: 0029668919     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0025-326X(95)00105-V     Document Type: Article

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