Significance of toxaphene in Great Lakes fish consumption advisories

Journal of Great Lakes Research

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 71-79

  Gandhi, Nilima ^a,b   Bhavsar, Satyendra P ^a,b,c   Tang, Rex W K ^a   Drouillard, Ken G ^a   Arhonditsis, George B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c ONTARIO MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT   (Canada)

Author keywords

Advisory advisories; Fish consumption; Great lakes; Mercury; PCB; Toxaphene

Indexed keywords

FISH; IMPURITIES; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; HEALTH RISKS; LAKES;

ADVISORY/ADVISORIES; DIOXIN-LIKE PCBS; FISH CONSUMPTION; GREAT LAKES; LAKE SUPERIOR; PRIORITY CONTAMINANTS; ROUTINE MONITORING; TOXAPHENE;

LAKES; LAKE POLLUTION;

ALKENE; FATTY ACID; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; MERCURY (ELEMENT); PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; LAKE POLLUTION; PUBLIC HEALTH;

GREAT LAKES [NORTH AMERICA]; LAKE SUPERIOR;

EID: 84895862448     PISSN: 03801330     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jglr.2013.12.017     Document Type: Article

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