Persistent organochlorine contaminants in liver and fat of birds of prey from Greece

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 603-613

  Hela, D G ^a   Konstantinou, I K ^a   Sakellarides, T M ^a   Lambropoulou, D A ^a   Akriotis, T ^b   Albanis, T A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

DDE; DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; HCH; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BODY FAT; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GREECE; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SUBCUTANEOUS FAT; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREECE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; RAPTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; GREECE; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

ACCIPITRIDAE; ANIMALIA; AVES; FALCONIDAE;

EID: 33645557620     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-005-0101-0     Document Type: Article

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