Bioconcentration of [14C]butyl benzyl phthalate in bluegill sunfish (Lepomis macrochirus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2200-2203

  Carr, Katherine H ^a   Coyle, Gerald T ^a   Kimerle, Richard A ^a  

^a MONSANTO COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Butyl benzyl phthalate; Lepomis macrochirus

Indexed keywords

PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; PLASTICIZER;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; FISH; ISOTOPE LABELING; MEASUREMENT; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0030822501     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<2200:BOCBBP>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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