Contamination status and accumulation features of PCDDs, PCDFs and dioxin-like PCBs in finless porpoises (Neophocaena phocaenoides) from Korean coastal waters

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 183, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 799-805

  Moon, Hyo Bang ^a   Choi, Hee Gu ^b   An, Yong Rock ^b   Park, Kyum Joon ^b   Choi, Seok Gwan ^b   Moon, Dae Yeon ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Finless porpoises; Gender specific difference; PCBs; TEQ

Indexed keywords

DIOXINS; FINLESS PORPOISE; GENDER-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; PCBS; TEQ;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

MAMMALS;

DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; LACTATION; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; PORPOISE; SEX-RELATED DIFFERENCE;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; FETUS; GENDER; LACTATION; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PORPOISE;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; KOREA; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORPOISES; SEAWATER; SEX FACTORS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

KOREA;

CETACEA; MAMMALIA; NEOPHOCAENA PHOCAENOIDES; PINNIPEDIA;

EID: 77956427252     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2010.07.097     Document Type: Article

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