Polychlorinated dibenzo- p-dioxins (PCDDs) and dibenzofurans (PCDFs) in the Grenland Fjords (Norway) - Disposition, levels, and effects

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 185-200

  Ruus, Anders ^a   Arthur Berge, John ^a   Hylland, Ketil ^a   Bjerkeng, Birger ^a   Bakke, Torgeir ^a   Næs, Kristoffer ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD WEB; GENDER; GREENLAND; INTESTINE; LIVER; MALE; MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY; MEMBRANE TRANSPORT; MOLECULAR SIZE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; OVARY CYCLE; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEASONAL VARIATION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; INVERTEBRATES; MALE; MICROSOMES, LIVER; MUSCLES; NITROGEN ISOTOPES; NORWAY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 28344454512     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500259509     Document Type: Article

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