Polychlorinated biphenyls and chlorinated pesticides in mussels from the Egyptian Red Sea coast

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1407-1412

  Khaled, Azza ^a   El Nemr, Ahmed ^a   Said, Tarek O ^a   El Sikaily, Amany ^a   Abd Alla, Aly M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Brachiodontes sp.; Egypt; Mussel; PCBs; Pesticides; Red Sea

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DATA ACQUISITION; PESTICIDES;

MUSSELS; POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

MARINE POLLUTION; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SHELLFISH;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; EGYPT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; INDIAN OCEAN; METABOLISM; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE;

AFRICA; EGYPT; INDIAN OCEAN; NORTH AFRICA; RED SEA [INDIAN OCEAN];

BIVALVIA; BRACHIODONTES;

EID: 0742306780     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.10.042     Document Type: Article

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