Present status of POP contamination in Lake Maggiore (Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 27-34

  Binelli, A ^a   Ricciardi, F ^a   Provini, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

Bioindicator; DDT; Environmental risk; HCB; HCHs; Human health; PCBs; Zebra mussel

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL PLANTS; DAMS; FLOODS; INSECTICIDES; LIPIDS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; WATERSHEDS;

FISH CONSUMPTION; FRESHWATER;

CONTAMINATION;

BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; FRESH WATER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INSECTICIDE; LAKE WATER; LINDANE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BIOINDICATOR; DDT; HCH; LAKE POLLUTION; MOLLUSC; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTUMN; COMMUNITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FLOODING; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH; ITALY; LAKE; MUSSEL; NONHUMAN; RESIDENT; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; SOFT TISSUE; SOIL; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATERSHED; WINTER;

EURASIA; EUROPE; LAKE MAGGIORE;

BIVALVIA; DREISSENA POLYMORPHA; MOLLUSCA;

EID: 3442895671     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.05.006     Document Type: Article

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