Half-lives and bioconcentration of lindane (γ-HCH) in different fish species and relationship with their lipid content

Chemosphere

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 343-351

  Geyer, H J ^a   Scheunert, I ^a   Bruggemann R ^a   Langer, D ^a,b   Korte, F ^a,c   Kettrup, A ^a,c   Mansour, M ^a,d   Steinberg, C E W ^a,d   Nyholm, N ^a,e   Muir, D C G ^a,f  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Stadt Lab Der Landeshauptstadt K   (Germany)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE OF FRESHWATER ECOLOGY AND INLAND FISHERIES   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^f FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE; LINDANE; LIPID;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CORRELATION FUNCTION; DAPHNIA; FISH; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; DAPHNIA; PISCES;

EID: 0030751754     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00160-4     Document Type: Article

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