Concentrations and profiles of brominated diphenyl ethers (BDEs) in Baltic and Atlantic herring

Oceanologia

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 515-523

  Roots, Ott ^a,b   Zitko, Vladimir ^c   Kiviranta, Hannu ^d   Rantakokko, Panu ^d   Ruokojärvi, Päivi ^d  

^a Eesti Keskkonnauuringute Keskus   (Estonia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Department of Environmental Health ^*  (Canada)

^d NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Aquatic biota; Atlantic herring; Baltic Sea herring; BDE

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC ORGANISM; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; WEIGHT;

CLUPEA HARENGUS; CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 72249108014     PISSN: 00783234     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5697/oc.51-4.515     Document Type: Article

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