Mercury, cadmium, lead and selenium in ringed seals (Phoca hispida) from the Baltic Sea and from Svalbard

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 493-501

  Fant, M L ^a   Nyman, M ^b   Helle, E ^b   Rudback E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c Helsinki Zoo   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Heavy metals; Ringed seal; Svalbard; Toxicology

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; LEAD; MERCURY; METAL; SELENIUM;

HEAVY METAL; MARINE POLLUTION; PINNIPED;

ARTICLE; ECOSYSTEM; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; RISK FACTOR; SEAL; SEDIMENT;

ANIMALS; CADMIUM; CADMIUM POISONING; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LEAD; LEAD POISONING; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MEAT; MERCURY; MERCURY POISONING; METALS, HEAVY; SEALS, EARLESS; SELENIUM; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; SVALBARD; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 0035227126     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00078-6     Document Type: Article

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