Tris (4-chlorophenyl) methane and tris (4-chlorophenyl) methanol in marine mammals from the Estuary and Gulf of St. Lawrence

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 29-43

  Lebeuf, M ^a   Bernt, K E ^a   Trottier, S ^a   Noel M ^a   Hammill, M O ^a   Measures, L ^a  

^a FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; DDT; Marine mammals; Organochlorines; Tris (4 chlorophenyl) methane, TCPMe; Tris (4 chlorophenyl) methanol, TCPM

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; CHLORPHENOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANE; TRIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; MARINE MAMMAL; METHANE; METHANOL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESTUARY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; SEAL; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MALE; QUEBEC; SEALS, EARLESS; TRITYL COMPOUNDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

GULF OF SAINT LAWRENCE;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; CYSTOPHORA CRISTATA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; GRYPUS; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0343090448     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(00)00032-4     Document Type: Article

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