Butyltin compounds in liver tissues of pelagic cetaceans stranded on the coasts of England and Wales

Marine Pollution Bulletin

Volumn 38, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 1258-1261

  Law, R J ^a   Blake, S J ^a   Spurrier, C J H ^b  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b DEPARTMENT OF LIFE SCIENCES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUTYLTIN; DIBUTYLTIN; TRIBUTYLTIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BUTYLTIN; CETACEAN; STRANDING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CETACEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; LIVER; LIVER LEVEL; NONHUMAN; SEA POLLUTION; SEASHORE; UNITED KINGDOM;

UNITED KINGDOM;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033394944     PISSN: 0025326X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-326X(99)00186-1     Document Type: Article

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