Aquatic toxicology of perfluorinated chemicals

Reviews of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 202, Issue , 2010, Pages 1-52

  Giesy, John P ^a   Naile, Jonathan E ^a   Khim, Jong Seong ^a   Jones, Paul D ^a   Newsted, John L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^b ENTRIX INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FLUOROCARBON;

ANIMAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; DRUG EFFECT; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PLANT; REVIEW; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; PLANTS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 74049095224     PISSN: 01795953     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4419-1157-5_1     Document Type: Article

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