Organochloride pesticides in California sea lions revisited

BMC Ecology

Volumn 2, Issue , 2002, Pages

  Le Boeuf, Burney J ^a   Giesy, John P ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Kajiwara, Natsuko ^d   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^d   Debier, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^d EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; AVES; MAMMALIA; OTARIIDAE; PANTHERA LEO; ZALOPHUS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; INSECTICIDE; LIPID; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; POLLUTANT; SEAL; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; INSECTICIDES; LIPIDS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEA LIONS;

EID: 2942746543     PISSN: 14726785     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1472-6785-2-11     Document Type: Article

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