PCB contamination in farmed and wild sea bass (Dicentrarchus labrax L.) from a coastal wetland area in central Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 68, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1630-1635

  Carubelli, Grazia ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a   Mariani, Giulio ^a   Nichetti, Simona ^a   Crosa, Giuseppe ^b   Calamari, Davide ^b   Fattore, Elena ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Farming; PCBs; Sea bass

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WETLANDS;

DIETARY INTAKE; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY (TEQ);

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS; WETLANDS;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WETLAND; DIET; FISH CULTURE; FOOD CONSUMPTION; PCB; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY TEST;

ARTICLE; EUROPEAN SEA BASS; FOOD INTAKE; ITALY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEASHORE; WATER CONTAMINATION; WETLAND;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

DICENTRARCHUS LABRAX; SERRANIDAE;

EID: 34249987911     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.04.004     Document Type: Article

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