Levels of PCDD/F and dioxin-like PCB in Baltic fish of different age and gender

Chemosphere

Volumn 71, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 369-378

  Pandelova, M ^a   Henkelmann, B ^a   Roots, O ^c,d   Simm, M ^d   Jarv L ^d   Benfenati, E ^e   Schramm, K W ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^c Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^e MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Gender; Herring; PCDD F; Sprat

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; LIPIDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; ORGANOHALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; PCDD;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIOXIN; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; FISH; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PERCIFORM; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

AGE; ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ESTONIA; FISH; FLOUNDER; GENDER; HERRING; LIPID COMPOSITION; NONHUMAN; PERCH; PIKEPERCH; SPRAT;

AGE FACTORS; ANIMALS; BALTIC STATES; BENZOFURANS; BODY SIZE; BODY WEIGHT; FINLAND; FISHES; GENDER IDENTITY; OCEANS AND SEAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GULF OF FINLAND; GULF OF RIGA;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PLATICHTHYS FLESUS TRACHURUS; PLEURONECTOIDEI; SANDER LUCIOPERCA; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS; SPRATTUS SPRATTUS BALTICUS;

EID: 39149097870     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.050     Document Type: Article

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