Use of historical PCB aroclor measurements: Hudson River fish data

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 1618-1623

  Butcher, Jonathan B ^a   Gauthier, Thomas D ^b   Garvey, Edward A ^c  

^a TETRA TECH INC   (United States)

^b GRADIENT   (United States)

^c TAMS Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Aroclors; Gas chromatography; PCB congeners; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Translation methods

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030790966     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<1618:UOHPAM>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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