Sources and pathways of selected organochlorine pesticides to the Arctic and the effect of pathway divergence on HCH trends in biota: A review

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 342, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 87-106

  Li, Y F ^a   Macdonald, R W ^b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; DDT; Endosulfan; HCH; Organochlorine pesticides; Pathway; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

AIR POLLUTION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; MARINE POLLUTION; SOLVENTS;

ARCTIC OCEAN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES (HCH); MARINE FOODWEB; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES (OCP);

PESTICIDES;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; SOLVENT; WATER;

PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

AIR; AIR POLLUTION; ARCTIC; BEAR; BIRD; BLOOD LEVEL; CANADA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DILUTION; EGG; FEEDING; FOOD WEB; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PACIFIC OCEAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEA; TISSUE LEVEL; WATER POLLUTION; WHALE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS;

EID: 18144385446     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.12.027     Document Type: Review

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