DDT group compounds in fish and shellfish from the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay

Environmental Toxicology and Water Quality

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 223-229

  Leah, R T ^a   Johnson, M S ^a   Connor, L ^a   Levene, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DDD; DDE; DDT; Fish; Liverpool Bay; Metabolite

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDE; DDT; FISH; SHELLFISH;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; INVERTEBRATE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

UK, ENGLAND, MERSEYSIDE, MERSEY ESTUARY; US, ENGLAND, MERSEYSIDE, LIVERPOOL BAY;

ANIMALIA; GADUS MORHUA; INVERTEBRATA; LIMANDA LIMANDA; MERLANGIUS MERLANGUS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS; PLEURONECTES PLATESSA; PLEURONECTIFORMES; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SOLEA SOLEA;

EID: 0030839276     PISSN: 10534725     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2256(1997)12:3<223::AID-TOX4>3.0.CO;2-A     Document Type: Article

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