The use of chorioallantoic membranes as predictors of egg organochlorine burden

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 167-171

  Pastor, Dolors ^a   Ruiz, Xavier ^b   Jover, Lluis ^b   Albaigés, Joan ^a  

^a DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ebro Delta; Embryos; Larus audouinii; Organochlorine pollutants; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; CHORIOALLANTOIS; EGG; EMBRYO; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS AUDOUINII;

EID: 0030063393     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1996)015<0167:TUOCMA>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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