Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in European eel (Anguilla anguilla) from the Garigliano River (Campania region, Italy)

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 709-716

  Ferrante, Maria Carmela ^a   Clausi, Maria Teresa ^a   Meli, Rosaria ^a   Fusco, Giovanna ^b   Naccari, Clara ^c   Lucisano, Antonia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b Zooprofilactic Institute   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

Author keywords

European eel; Garigliano River; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; AQUATIC PRODUCTS; CONCENTRATION LEVELS; EUROPEAN EEL; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT CHEMICALS; RESIDUAL LEVELS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; ECOTOXICOLOGY; EEL; EUROPEAN UNION; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE;

AGE; ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY SIZE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EEL; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD SAFETY; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH HAZARD; ITALY; NONHUMAN; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; FRANCE; ITALY; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 73749088724     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.11.026     Document Type: Article

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