Polychlorinated biphenyls and some pesticides in perch (Perca fluviatilis) from inland waters of Latvia

Chemosphere

Volumn 38, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 2053-2064

  Valters, Karlis ^a,b   Olsson, Anders ^b   Asplund, Lillemor ^b   Bergman, Åke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DDT; Environmental contaminants; HCB; HCH; Latvia; PCB; Perca fluviatilis; Perch

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; LAKE; LATVIA; NONHUMAN; PERCH; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LATVIA; PERCHES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033136311     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(98)00417-2     Document Type: Article

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