Contamination by polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in striped dolphins (Stenella coeruleoalba) from the Southeastern Mediterranean Sea

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 184, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 5797-5805

  Storelli, Maria Maddalena ^a   Barone, Grazia ^a   Giacominelli Stuffler, Roberto ^b   Marcotrigiano, Giuseppe Onofrio ^a  

^a Faculty of Veterinary Medicine   (Italy)

^b Medicine Veterinary Faculty   (Italy)

Author keywords

Dioxin like PCBs; Mediterranean Sea; PCBs; Striped dolphins; TEQs; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; PCBS; TEQS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; DOLPHINS (STRUCTURES); ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK PERCEPTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CYTOCHROME P450 1A; CYTOCHROME P450 2B; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DOLPHIN; MUSCLE; PCB; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOLPHIN; FEMALE; HEART; KIDNEY; LIVER; LUNG; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; QUALITY CONTROL; STENELLA COERULEOALBA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; STENELLA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WATER POLLUTION, CHEMICAL;

MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MEDITERRANEAN SEA (SOUTHEAST);

CUCUMIS; MAMMALIA; STENELLA (CETACEA); STENELLA COERULEOALBA;

EID: 84865312645     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-011-2382-2     Document Type: Article

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