Accumulation and lactational transfer of PCBs and pesticides in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina) from Svalbard, Norway

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 319, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 137-146

  Wolkers, Hans ^a   Lydersen, Christian ^a   Kovacs, Kit M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

Author keywords

Contaminants; Harbor seal; Lactation transfer; PCB; Svalbard; Toxaphenes

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PORTS AND HARBORS; TISSUE;

HARBOR SEALS;

PESTICIDE EFFECTS;

PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; LACTATION; MARINE MAMMAL; PCB; PESTICIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MALE; METABOLIC CAPACITY; METABOLISM; MILK; MORTALITY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCA VITULINA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 1242271415     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(03)00449-2     Document Type: Article

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