Preliminary assessment of pcb risks to human and ecological health in the lower passaic river

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 95-118

  Finley, Brent L ^a   Trowbridge, Kim R ^a   Burton, Scott ^b   Proctor, Deborah M ^c   Panko, Julie M ^c   Paustenbach, Dennis J ^d  

^a ChemRisk A Div of McLaren/Hart   (United States)

^b Chemical Land Holdings   (United States)

^c ChemRisk Division of McLaren/Hart Environmental Engineering   (United States)

^d CARDNO CHEMRISK   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR; AROCLOR 1248; AROCLOR 1254; AROCLOR 1260; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CRAB; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEDIMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; AROCLORS; BASS; BRACHYURA; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FRESH WATER; HUMANS; KILLIFISHES; MALE; NEW JERSEY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; CALLINECTES SAPIDUS; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); FUNDULUS HETEROCLITUS; MORONE SAXATILIS;

EID: 0030964582     PISSN: 00984108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00984109708984055     Document Type: Article

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