Organochlorines in polar bears (Ursus maritimus) at Svalbard

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-175

  Bernhoft, Aksel ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^b,c   Skaare, Janneche Utne ^a,d  

^a NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; MALE; METABOLISM; MILK; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TISSUE LEVEL;

DDT; HCB; HCH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCBS; POLAR BEAR;

SVALBARD;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0030778897     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00122-4     Document Type: Article

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