PCDD/Fs and PCBs in Baltic herring during the 1990s

Chemosphere

Volumn 50, Issue 9, 2003, Pages 1201-1216

  Kiviranta, Hannu ^a   Vartiainen, Terttu ^a,b   Parmanne, Raimo ^c   Hallikainen, Anja ^d   Koistinen, Jaana ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

^c FINNISH FOREST RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^d National Food Agency Helsinki   (Finland)

Author keywords

Baltic fish; Dioxin exposure; Food contaminants; Human consumption; PCB exposure; Time trend

Indexed keywords

CATCHMENTS; OILS AND FATS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

HERRING SAMPLES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HERRING; NONHUMAN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGING; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; FINLAND; FISHES; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BALTIC SEA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS;

EID: 0037364465     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00481-2     Document Type: Article

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