Comparison of risk assessment methodologies for exposure of mink to PCBs on the Kalamazoo River, Michigan

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 24, 2004, Pages 6451-6459

  Millsap, Stephanie D ^a,c   Blankenship, Alan L ^a,b   Bradley, Patrick W ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a,b   Kay, Denise ^a   Neigh, Arianne ^a   Park, Cyrus ^a   Strause, Karl D ^a   Zwiernik, Matthew J ^a,b   Giesy, John P ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

^c U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; NUTRITION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; TISSUE;

HAZARD QUOTIENT (HQ); MINK; TISSUE-SPECIFIC MEASUREMENTS; TOXICITY REFERENCE VALUES (TRV);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

MUSTELID; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; ECOTOXICITY; HAZARD ASSESSMENT; MINK; NONHUMAN; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; LIVER; MALE; MICHIGAN; MINK; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NO-OBSERVED-ADVERSE-EFFECT LEVEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

KALAMAZOO COUNTY; MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 10844267245     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es049600e     Document Type: Article

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