Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans and non-ortho- and mono-ortho-chlorine substituted polychlorinated biphenyls in grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from Sable Island, Nova Scotia, in 1995

Marine Environmental Research

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 225-240

  Addison, R F ^a   Ikonomou, M G ^a   Stobo, W T ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

^b BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dibenzo p dioxins and furans, PCDD F; Halichoerus grypus; Lactation; Octanol water; Organochlorine; Polychlorinated biphenyl, PCB; Sable Island, NS; Seals; Toxic equivalents

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION INCIDENCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANADA; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL;

CANADA;

ANIMALIA; GRYPUS; HALICHOERES; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; MARTES ZIBELLINA; PHOCIDAE; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0032892155     PISSN: 01411136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-1136(98)00119-6     Document Type: Article

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