Organochlorine compounds in blubber, liver and brain in neonatal grey seal pups

Chemosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 2115-2125

  Jenssen, Bjørn Munro ^a   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^b   Ekker, Morten ^c   Vongraven, Dag ^a   Lorentsen, S H ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c Directorate for Nature Management   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR NATURE RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BRAIN LEVEL; BRAIN TISSUE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIPID COMPOSITION; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; GRYPUS; PHOCIDAE;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BODY ORGANS; PCB; TISSUE LEVELS;

NORWAY;

EID: 0029669831     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00130-0     Document Type: Article

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