GC/MS analysis of PCB congeners in blood of the harbor seal Phoca vitulina from San Francisco bay

Chemosphere

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 711-733

  Young, David ^a   Becerra, Michael ^b   Kopec, Dianne ^c   Echols, Scott ^d  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Mycotech Corporation   (United States)

^c MOSS LANDING MARINE LABORATORIES   (United States)

^d CH2M HILL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PCB; SEAL;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMMUNE RESPONSE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; REPRODUCTION; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEALS, EARLESS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

UNITED STATES, CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO BAY;

EID: 0032145807     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00075-7     Document Type: Article

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