Dioxin-like toxicity in the Saginaw River watershed: Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls in sediments and floodplain soils from the Saginaw and Shiawassee Rivers and Saginaw Bay, Michigan, USA

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-19

  Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Yun, Se Hun ^a   Ostaszewski, Arthur ^b   McCabe, John M ^b   Mackenzie Taylor, Deborah ^b   Taylor, Allan B ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b Waste and Hazardous Materials Division   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

DIBENZOFURAN; FLOODPLAIN; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; PCB; PCDD; TOXICITY; WATERSHED;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; FLOODPLAIN; HEALTH HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SOIL; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES; WATERSHED;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CELL LINE, TUMOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; RIVERS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

MICHIGAN; NORTH AMERICA; SAGINAW BAY; SAGINAW RIVER; SHIAWASSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 37548999831     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-007-9037-x     Document Type: Article

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