Guidance for evaluating in vivo fish bioaccumulation data

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 139-155

  Parkerton, Thomas F ^a   Arnot, Jon A ^b   Weisbrod, Anne V ^c   Russom, Christine ^d   Hoke, Robert A ^e   Woodburn, Kent ^f   Traas, Theo ^g   Bonnell, Mark ^h   Burkhard, Lawrence P ^d   Lampi, Mark A ^a  

^a EXXONMOBIL UPSTREAM RESEARCH COMPANY   (United States)

^b TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c PROCTER AND GAMBLE COMPANY   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^e DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

^f Health and Environmental Sciences   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^h ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

2,3,7, 8 Tetrachlorodibenzo p dioxin; Anthracene; Bioconcentration; Data quality; Dietary biomagnification

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ANTHRACENE; ANTHRACENE DERIVATIVE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; FISH; METABOLISM; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ANTHRACENES; FISHES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 49049093700     PISSN: 15513793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/IEAM_2007-057.1     Document Type: Review

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