Concentrations and hazard assessment of organochlorine contaminants and mercury in smallmouth bass from a remote lake in the upper Peninsula of Michigan

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 81-86

  Henry, K S ^a   Kannan, K ^a   Nagy, B W ^a   Kevern, N R ^a   Zabik, M J ^a   Giesy, J P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; MERCURY; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BALD EAGLE; BIOACCUMULATION; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; LAKE; MINK; ORGANOCHLORINE; SMALLMOUTH BASS;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BODY WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; LAKE; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BASS; BODY WEIGHT; CHLORDAN; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; INSECTICIDES; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; MICHIGAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 0031974788     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002449900288     Document Type: Article

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