Levels of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and three organochlorine pesticides in fish from the Aleutian Islands of Alaska

PLoS ONE

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2010, Pages

  Hardell, Sara ^a,b   Tilander, Hanna ^a,b   Welfinger Smith, Gretchen ^b   Burger, Joanna ^c   Carpenter, David O ^b,d  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONSUMER HEALTH INFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD SAFETY; HEXAGRAMMOS LAGOCEPHALUS; LEPIDOPSETTA BILINEATA; LIPID COMPOSITION; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ONCORHYNCHUS; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PROCESS DEVELOPMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED DISORDER; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; POLLUTANT; RISK;

HEXAGRAMMOS LAGOCEPHALUS; LEPIDOPSETTA BILINEATA; MAMMALIA; ONCORHYNCHUS NERKA; PARAPLAGUSIA BILINEATA;

ADVISORY COMMITTEES; ALASKA; ANIMALS; EATING; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; UNITED STATES; UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

EID: 77957875878     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0012396     Document Type: Article

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