Chlorinated hydrocarbon contaminants in polar bears from eastern Russia, North America, Greenland, and Svalbard: Biomonitoring of arctic pollution

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 354-367

  Norstrom, R J ^a   Belikov, S E ^b   Born, E W ^c   Garner, G W ^d   Malone, B ^e   Olpinski, S ^f   Ramsay, M A ^g   Schliebe, S ^h   Stirling, I ^a   Stishov, M S ⁱ   Taylor, M K ^j   Wiig, O ^k  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b All Russia Institute of Nature Conservation   (Russian Federation)

^c Marine Mammal Section   (Denmark)

^d US National Biological Service   (United States)

^e Malone Associates   (Canada)

^f Makivik Corporation   (Canada)

^g UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^h U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ Wrangel Island State Nature Reserve   (Russian Federation)

^j DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^k NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIELDRIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOCONCENTRATION; BIOMONITORING; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBONS; POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE;

GREENLAND; NORTH AMERICA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SVALBARD;

ANIMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0031818662     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900387     Document Type: Article

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