Blood PCB, p,p′-DDE, and mirex levels in Great Lakes fish and waterfowl consumers in two Ontario communities

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Kearney, Jill P ^a   Cole, Donald C ^b   Ferron, Liliane A ^c   Weber, Jean Philippe ^c  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Quebec Metallurgy Center   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; MIREX; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOWL; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ANIMALS; COHORT STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DUCKS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHERIES; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEESE; GREAT LAKES REGION; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIREX; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESEARCH DESIGN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0033003418     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3927     Document Type: Article

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