Polychlorinated biphenyls in eggs and chorioallantoic membranes of American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis) from Coastal South Carolina

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 1456-1462

  Cobb, George P ^a   Wood, Pattie D ^a   O'Quinn, Michael ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b South Carolina Governor's School for Science and Mathematics   (United States)

Author keywords

Alligator; Chorioallantoic membrane; Nonlethal; Polychlorinated biphenyl

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ALLIGATOR; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHLORINATION; CHORIOALLANTOIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ALLIGATOR; ALLIGATOR MISSISSIPPIENSIS; ALLIGATORINAE;

EID: 0030740023     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1456:PBIEAC>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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