Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls and 2,3,7,8- tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin equivalents in fishes from Saginaw Bay, Michigan

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 713-724

  Giesy, John P ^a   Jude, David J ^b   Tillitt, Donald E ^a   Gale, Robert W ^c   Meadows, John C ^c   Zajieck, James L ^c   Peterman, Paul H ^c   Verbrugge, David A ^a   Sanderson, J Thomas ^a   Schwartz, Ted R ^c   Tuchman, Marc L ^d  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c National Biological Service   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonism; Bioaccumulation; Dioxin equivalents; Toxic equivalency factors

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIBENZOTHIOPHENE DERIVATIVE; INDUSTRIAL EFFLUENT; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALOSA PSEUDOHARENGUS; CYPRINUS; CYPRINUS CARPIO; PISCES; STIZOSTEDION VITREUM;

EID: 0030948480     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/1551-5028(1997)016<0713:PDPDDB>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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