Evaluation of endocrine disruptor levels in Kafue lechwe (kobus leche kafuensis) Samples from the blue Lagoon National Park of Zambia

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 83, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 846-851

  Sichilongo, Kwenga ^a   Torto, Nelson ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

^b RHODES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Blue Lagoon; Dieldrin; Kafue lechwe; Pp DDE; Zambia

Indexed keywords

ANALYTES; DELTAMETHRIN; DETECTION LIMITS; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFANS; LIVER TISSUE; NATIONAL PARKS; STRONG CORRELATION; WET WEIGHT; WHOLE BLOOD;

BLOOD; INSECTICIDES; LAKES; LIVER; PARKS;

EXTRACTION;

ALDRIN; DELTAMETHRIN; DIELDRIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ANTELOPE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; KOBUS LECHE KAFUENSIS; LAGOON; LIVER; MALE; NATIONAL PARK; NONHUMAN; ZAMBIA;

ANIMALS; ANTELOPES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIELDRIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; ZAMBIA;

KOBUS LECHE;

EID: 71449086098     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-009-9843-0     Document Type: Article

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