Chlorobiphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in fish and sediments - Three years of QUASIMEME laboratory performance studies

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1-6, 1997, Pages 52-63

  De Boer, Jacob ^a   Wells, David E ^b  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b MARINE LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYTICAL TECHNIQUES; DATA QUALITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ORGANOCHLORINES; ORGANOCLORINES;

ACCURACY; ANIMAL TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; LABORATORY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; SEA POLLUTION; SEDIMENT; SHELLFISH;

ANIMALIA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0031462374     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(97)00123-9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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