Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in fish collected from the urban tract of the river Tiber in Rome (Italy)

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 310-315

  Miniero, Roberto ^a   Guandalini, Emilio ^a   Dellatte, Elena ^a   Iacovella, Nicola ^a   Abate, Vittorio ^a   De Luca, Silvia ^a   Iamiceli, Anna Laura ^a   Di Domenico, Alessandro ^a   De Felip, Elena ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Chub; Eel; Persistent organic pollutants; River Tiber

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; POLYMER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CYPRINIFORMES; EEL; FISH; HEALTH; ITALY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEAT; METABOLISM; RIVER; SKELETAL MUSCLE; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANGUILLA; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CYPRINIDAE; DIOXINS; FISHES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS; RIVERS; ROME; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN HEALTH; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 80053539395     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4415/ANN-11-03-12     Document Type: Article

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