Global Assessment of Organic Contaminants in Farmed Salmon

Science

Volumn 303, Issue 5655, 2004, Pages 226-229

  Hites, Ronald A ^a   Foran, Jeffery A ^b   Carpenter, David O ^c   Hamilton, M Coreen ^d   Knuth, Barbara A ^e   Schwager, Steven J ^e  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Citizens for a Better Environment   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d AXYS Analytical Services Ltd   (Canada)

^e Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AQUACULTURE; ECOLOGY; FISHERIES; HEALTH RISKS; PRODUCTIVITY;

FISH CONSUMPTION; ORGANIC CONTAMINANTS;

CONTAMINATION;

ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

FISHERY; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMONID;

ARTICLE; CHILE; EUROPE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMON; WILD TYPE;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; DIELDRIN; DIET; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EUROPE; FISH PRODUCTS; FISHERIES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD LABELING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NORTH AMERICA; NUTRITION POLICY; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS KETA; ONCORHYNCHUS KISUTCH; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALMO SALAR; SOUTH AMERICA; TOXAPHENE; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; UNITED STATES FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION;

ANIMALIA; SALMO SALAR; SALMONIDAE;

EID: 0347356533     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.1091447     Document Type: Article

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