Persistent chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in selected fish species from Lake Tanganyika, Burundi, Africa

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 447-455

  Manirakiza, P ^a   Covaci, A ^a   Nizigiymana, L ^b   Ntakimazi, G ^b   Schepens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b University of Burundi   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Chlorinated pesticides; Fish; Lake Tanganyika; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL TESTING; EXTRACTION; LAKES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CERTIFIED REFERENCE MATERIALS (CRMS);

FISHERIES;

PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

WATER POLLUTION;

AFRICA; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXTRACTION; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; LAKE; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BURUNDI; CHEMISTRY, ANALYTICAL; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATS; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

BOULENGEROCHROMIS MICROLEPIS; CICHLIDAE; MICROLEPIS; OREOCHROMIS; OREOCHROMIS NILOTICUS;

EID: 0036160166     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(01)00188-9     Document Type: Article

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