Contamination profiles of selected PCB congeners, chlorinated pesticides, PCDD/Fs in Antarctic fur seal pups and penguin eggs

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 264-269

  Schiavone, Alessandra ^a   Corsolini, Simonetta ^a   Borghesi, Nicoletta ^a   Focardi, Silvano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antarctic; DDT; PCB; PCDD Fs; Penguin; Seal pup

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; MAMMALS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANTARCTIC; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PCDD/FS; PENGUIN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EGG; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; PINNIPED;

ANTARCTICA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PENGUIN; POLLUTION; SEAL; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

SOUTHERN OCEAN;

ARCTOCEPHALUS GAZELLA; MAMMALIA; PYGOSCELIS ADELIAE; SPHENISCIDAE;

EID: 67349153826     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.007     Document Type: Article

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