Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) ecotoxicology in marine ecosystems

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 109-123

  Hylland, Ketil ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZO[A]PYRENE; CARCINOGEN; CYTOCHROME P450 1A; DNA; FLUORANTHENE; FOSSIL FUEL; OIL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYROGEN;

ANTHROPOLOGY; BIOAVAILABILITY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMBUSTION; DNA ADDUCT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EFFLUENT; ENZYME INDUCTION; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; EXTRACTION; FISH; GAS; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRY; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PHOTOTOXICITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; SMELTER; SOOT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; METALLURGY; NORWAY; PETROLEUM; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAWATER; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 28344455694     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500259327     Document Type: Review

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