Methyl lindane and other analogues of hexachlorocyclohexane in dab and plaice from the Mersey Estuary

Aquatic Toxicology

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 11-22

  McNeish, Alexander S ^a   Johnson, Michael S ^a   Leah, Richard T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dab; Hexachlorocyclohexane; Mersey Estuary; Methyl lindane; Plaice

Indexed keywords

HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 0031463339     PISSN: 0166445X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-445X(97)00041-6     Document Type: Article

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