Contaminants in fish of the Hackensack Meadowlands, New Jersey: Size, sex, and seasonal relationships as related to health risks

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 80-89

  Weis, Peddrick ^a   Ashley, Jeffrey T F ^b,c  

^a RUTGERS NEW JERSEY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES OF DREXEL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANALYTICAL METHOD; BODY SIZE; FISH; FISHING COMMUNITY; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECREATIONAL ACTIVITY; SAFETY; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; TRACE METAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARP; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; HEALTH HAZARD; MALE; METHYLATION; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; MALE; MERCURY; NEW JERSEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEASONS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; XENOBIOTICS;

HACKENSACK; NEW JERSEY; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

CYPRINUS CARPIO; MENIDIA; MORONE AMERICANA;

EID: 33845593512     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-006-0093-4     Document Type: Article

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