Methylated hexachlorocyclohexane in blue mussels (Mytilus edulis) from the Mersey and Dee estuaries

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-309

  McNeish, A S ^a   Johnson, M S ^a   Leah, R T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MUSCLE TISSUE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SHELLFISH; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER POLLUTION;

MYTILUS EDULIS;

BIOACCUMULATION; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINES;

CLWYD; DEE ESTUARY; ENGLAND; MERSEY ESTUARY; UK; WALES;

EID: 0030962353     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(96)00143-1     Document Type: Article

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