Contaminant Trends in Freshwater Fish from the Laurentian Great Lakes: A 20-Year Analysis

Human and Ecological Risk Assessment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 461-478

  Dellinger, John A ^a   Moths, Michael D ^a   Dellinger, Matthew J ^b   Ripley, Michael P ^c  

^a Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^c Chippewa/Ottawa Treaty Fish M   (United States)

Author keywords

contaminants; fish; Great Lakes; PBTs; risk communication

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889007408     PISSN: 10807039     EISSN: 15497860     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10807039.2012.759475     Document Type: Article

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