Determination of toxaphenes in fish and marine mammals

Chemosphere

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 521-528

  Føreid, Siri ^a   Rundberget, Thomas ^b   Severinsen, Torbjørn ^c   Wiig, Øystein ^c,d   Utne Skaare, Janneche ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d Zoological Museum   (Norway)

Author keywords

Cod; GC ECD; GC MS; Polar bear; Ringed seal; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

BORNANE DERIVATIVE; CAMPHECLOR; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MARINE MAMMAL; PESTICIDE;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BEAR; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; SEAL; TISSUE LEVEL;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; INSECTICIDES; SEALS, EARLESS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TOXAPHENE; URSIDAE;

NORWAY;

GADUS MORHUA; MAMMALIA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 0034095344     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00470-1     Document Type: Article

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