An assessment of the risks associated with polychlorinated biphenyls found in the stomach contents of stranded Indo-Pacific Humpback Dolphins (Sousa chinensis) and Finless Porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Hong Kong waters

Chemosphere

Volumn 63, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 845-852

  Hung, Craig L H ^a   Xu, Yan ^a   Lam, James C W ^a   Jefferson, Thomas A ^b   Hung, Samuel K ^c   Yeung, Leo W Y ^a   Lam, Michael H W ^a   O'Toole, Desmond K ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Hong Kong Dolphin Conservation Society   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

PCB118; Risk quotient; Toxicity equivalency

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

PCB118; RISK QUOTIENT; THRESHOLD EFFECTS; TOXICITY EQUIVALENCY;

MARINE POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; MARINE POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

DOLPHIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PCB; PORPOISE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CONTENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; EVALUATION; ISOMERIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY TESTING;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; ONCORHYNCHUS GORBUSCHA; SOUSA CHINENSIS;

EID: 33646586408     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.07.059     Document Type: Article

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