Establishing the causal relationship between polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) exposure and hepatic neoplasms and neoplasia-related liver lesions in English sole (Pleuronectes vetulus)

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 67-94

  Myers, Mark S ^a   Johnson, Lyndal L ^a   Collier, Tracy K ^a  

^a NORTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Causality; Epizootiology; Flatfish; Liver neoplasia; PAHs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CICONIIFORMES; PAROPHRYS VETULA; PLEURONECTES; PLEURONECTIFORMES;

EID: 2342593888     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/713609853     Document Type: Conference Paper

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