Levels and congener pattern of polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine pesticide residues in bluefin tuna (Thunnus thynnus) from the Straits of Messina (Sicily, Italy)

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 705-710

  Di Bella, G ^a   Licata, P ^a   Bruzzese, A ^b   Naccari, C ^b   Trombetta, D ^b   Lo Turco, V ^b   Dugo, G ^b   Richetti, A ^a   Naccari, F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Organochlorine pesticide; PCB; Straits of Messina; Thunnus thynnus

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COGENERATION PLANTS; CONTAMINATION; MONITORING; OCEAN HABITATS;

ORGANOCHLORINE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; STRAITS OF MESSINA; THUNNUS THYNNUS;

PESTICIDES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOINDICATOR; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ITALY; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; THYMUS; TUNA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STRAIT OF MESSINA;

THUNNUS THYNNUS;

EID: 33745401918     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2006.02.001     Document Type: Article

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