Bioaccumulation of vanadium and other trace metals in livers of Alaskan cetaceans and pinnipeds

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 503-512

  Mackey, E A ^a   Becker, P R ^b   Demiralp, R ^a   Greenberg, R R ^a   Koster, B J ^a   Wise, S A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TRACE METAL; VANADIUM;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

EID: 0029980183     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00213402     Document Type: Article

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