Environmental occurrence, analysis, and toxicology of toxaphene compounds

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 107, Issue SUPPL. 1, 1999, Pages 115-144

  De Geus, Henk Jan ^a,b   Besselink, Marrie ^a   Brouwer, Abraham ^a   Klungsøyr, Jarle ^c   McHugh, Brendan ^d   Nixon, Eugene ^d   Rimkus, Gerhard G ^e   Wester, Peter G ^a   De Boer, Jacob ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF MARINE RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d MARINE INSTITUTE   (Ireland)

^e Official Food and Veterinary Institute (LVUA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Analysis; Camphenes; Chlorinated bornanes; Individual congeners; Legislation; Nomenclature; Occurrence; Toxaphene; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CAMPHECLOR;

ARCTIC; BEHAVIOR; BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; DIETARY INTAKE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IONIZATION; LEARNING; MAMMAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NEUROTOXICITY; NOMENCLATURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TOXICOKINETICS; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0032961424     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.99107s1115     Document Type: Review

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