Review on DDT and metabolites in birds and mammals of aquatic ecosystems

Environmental Reviews

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 53-69

  Hellou, Jocelyne ^a,b   Lebeuf, Michel ^c   Rudi, Marilynn ^a  

^a BEDFORD INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c FISHERIES AND OCEANS CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Aquatic; Bioaccumulation; Biotransformation; DDT; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC; BIOTRANSFORMATION; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); SEDIMENT QUALITY GUIDELINES; THRESHOLD CONCENTRATIONS;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; INDUSTRIAL POISONS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RESEARCH; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

MAMMALS;

AVES; MAMMALIA;

EID: 84875791981     PISSN: 11818700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/er-2012-0054     Document Type: Review

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