Global environmental contamination by bioaccumulative endocrine disrupters

Japanese Journal of Limnology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 225-237

  Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Endocrine disrupters; Marine mammals; Marine pollution; Organochlorines; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; TROPHIC INTERACTION;

ASIA; EURASIA;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0942280414     PISSN: 00215104     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3739/rikusui.64.225     Document Type: Article

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