PCBs, DDE, DDT, and TCDD-EQ in two species of albatross on Sand Island, Midway Atoll, North Pacific Ocean

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 498-504

  Auman, Heidi J ^a   Ludwig, James P ^b   Summer, Cheryl L ^b   Verbrugge, David A ^a   Froese, Kenneth L ^a   Colborn, Theo ^c   Giesy, John P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SERE Group   (Canada)

^c WORLD WILDLIFE FUND   (United States)

Author keywords

Black footed albatross; Dioxin equivalents; Laysan albatross; Organochlorine insecticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHICKEN; EGG SHELL; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AVES; CICONIIFORMES; DIOMEDEA IMMUTABILIS; DIOMEDEA NIGRIPES; GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0030939634     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0498:PDDATE>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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