Organochlorine compounds (polychlorinated biphenyls and pesticides) and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in populations of Hexaplex trunculus affected by imposex in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 486-495

  Maran, Chiara ^a   Centanni, Elena ^a   Pellizzato, Francesca ^a   Pavoni, Bruno ^a  

^a CA' FOSCARI UNIVERSITY OF VENICE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Hexaplex trunculus; Imposex; Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; SEWAGE LAGOONS;

HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; IMPOSEX; PARTIAL LEAST SQUARES (PLS);

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; GASTROPOD; IMPOSEX; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL ANATOMY; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GASTROPOD; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS; IMPOSEX; ITALY; LAGOON; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PENIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VISCERAL COIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GASTROPODA; HERMAPHRODITISM; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ITALY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; VENETO; VENEZIA [VENETO]; VENICE LAGOON;

ANIMALIA; GASTROPODA; HEXAPLEX TRUNCULUS;

EID: 31144468506     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/05-202R.1     Document Type: Article

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