Levels and profiles of dioxin and dioxin-like compounds in Ontario Great Lakes anglers

Chemosphere

Volumn 34, Issue 5-7, 1997, Pages 1401-1409

  Cole, Donald C ^a   Kearney, Jill ^b   Ryan, John J ^b   Gilman, Andrew P ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body burden; Dioxins; Food contamination; Furans; Polychorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ADULT; AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

EID: 0030971224     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(97)00437-2     Document Type: Conference Paper

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