Organochlorines and PCBs in Tilapia zillii from Lake El-Manzala, Egypt

Chemistry and Ecology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 219-224

  Aly Abdallah, Aly Mohammed ^a   El Greisy, Zeinab A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY AND FISHERIES   (Egypt)

Author keywords

Egypt; Lake El Manzala; Organochlorines; PCBs; Tilapia zillii

Indexed keywords

FISH; FRESHWATER; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT;

AFRICA; EGYPT; LAKE MANZALA; NORTH AFRICA;

TILAPIA; TILAPIA ZILLII;

EID: 33745083402     PISSN: 02757540     EISSN: 10290370     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02757540600658906     Document Type: Article

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