Dieldrin in fish and shellfish from the Mersey Estuary and Liverpool Bay

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 802-808

  Leah, R T ^a   Johnson, M S ^a   Connor, L ^a   Levene, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; EFFLUENT; ESTUARY; FISH; FOOD CHAIN; MIGRATION; NONHUMAN; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; DIELDRIN; ENGLAND; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INSECTICIDES; MOLLUSCA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031970348     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900698     Document Type: Article

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