Methyl sulphone metabolites of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBS) in cetaceans from the Irish and the Aegean Seas

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 121-128

  Troisi, G M ^a,d   Haraguchi, K ^b   Simmonds, M P ^c   Mason, C F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG METABOLITE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEAN; METABOLITES; PCB;

ARTICLE; DOLPHIN; ISOMER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER QUALITY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DOLPHINS; IRELAND; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPOISES; SULFONES; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

IRISH SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA, AEGEAN SEA;

EID: 0031748886     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900358     Document Type: Article

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