Polychlorinated biphenyl residues in the golden grey mullet (Liza aurata) from Tunis Bay, Mediterranean sea (Tunisia)

Food Chemistry

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 72-76

  Masmoudi, Wièm ^a,b,c   Romdhane, Mohamed Salah ^b   Khériji, Souhaila ^a,b,c   El Cafsi, M'hamed ^a  

^a FACULTÉ DES SCIENCES DE TUNIS   (Tunisia)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL AGRONOMIQUE DE TUNISIE   (Tunisia)

^c Institute of Fisheries and Aquaculture   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Mullet; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Tunis bay

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; EUROPEAN UNION; FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; NONHUMAN; SEASHORE; TUNISIA;

LIZA AURATA; MUGILIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 34347335765     PISSN: 03088146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2007.03.037     Document Type: Article

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