Organochlorine Contaminants in Loggerhead Sea Turtle Blood: Extraction Techniques and Distribution among Plasma and Red Blood Cells

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 254-264

  Keller, J M ^a   Kucklick, J R ^b   McClellan Green, P D ^a,c  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FORMIC ACID; HEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TERT BUTYL METHYL ETHER;

AMPHIBIAN; BLOOD; EXTRACTION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; TURTLE;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; DRUG ERYTHROCYTE LEVEL; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EGG; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ERYTHROCYTE; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; TURTLE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CORE SOUND; NORTH AMERICA; NORTH CAROLINA; UNITED STATES;

AMPHIBIA; ANIMALIA; AVES; CARETTA CARETTA; CHELONIIDAE; MAMMALIA; REPTILIA; TESTUDINES;

EID: 1042278072     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-2262-z     Document Type: Article

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