Widespread contamination by tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 459-468

  Minh, T Binh ^a   Watanabe, M ^a   Tanabe, S ^a   Miyazaki, N ^b   Jefferson, T A ^c,d   Prudente, M S ^e   Subramanian, A ^f   Karuppiah, S ^f  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d Ocean Park Conservation Foundation   (Hong Kong)

^e DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^f ANNAMALAI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cetaceans; Latitudinal distribution; Organochlorines; Tris(4 chlorophenyl)methane; Tris(4 chlorophenyl)methanol

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANE; TRIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

COASTAL WATERS; MARINE MAMMAL; METHANE; METHANOL; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOACCUMULATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PORPOISE; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; WHALE;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 0033856070     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00316-4     Document Type: Article

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