Concentrations and profiles of polychlorinated biphenyls,-dibenzo-p-dioxins and -dibenzofurans in livers of mink from South Carolina and Louisiana, U.S.A

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 17-33

  Tansy, Carrie L ^a   Senthilkumar, Kurunthachalam ^b   Pastva, Stephanie D ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Bowerman, William W ^a   Masunaga, Shigeki ^b   Giesy, John P ^c  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aquatic mammal; Mink; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs; TEQs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

THRESHOLD VALUES;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

PCDD;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MINK; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION MOVEMENT PATTERN; REPRODUCTION; SURVIVAL; TOXICOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LIVER; LOUISIANA; MALE; MINK; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; SOUTH CAROLINA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; MUSTELA VISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0242585505     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1022450603004     Document Type: Article

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