Polychlorinated biphenyls in sediments from Bizerte Lagoon, Tunisia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 73, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 810-817

  Derouiche, A ^a   Sanda, Y G ^a   Driss, M R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CARTHAGE   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; SEDIMENT; SOXHLET EXTRACTION; TUNISIA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TUNISIA;

EID: 11144291046     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-004-0499-5     Document Type: Article

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