A review of dioxins/furans and methyl mercury in fish from the Penobscot river, located near Lincoln, Maine

Toxicology and Industrial Health

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-153

  Williams, Robert L ^a   Cseh, Larry ^a  

^a AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; METHYLMERCURY;

ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; NONHUMAN; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS;

ANIMALS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FURANS; MAINE; METHYLMERCURY COMPOUNDS; RIVERS; TIME FACTORS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36549059245     PISSN: 07482337     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0748233707083528     Document Type: Review

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