Concentrations and patterns of organochlorines (OCs) in various fish species from the Indus River, Pakistan: A human health risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 541, Issue , 2016, Pages 1232-1242

  Robinson, Timmer ^a   Ali, Usman ^a   Mahmood, Adeel ^b   Chaudhry, Muhammad Jamshed Iqbal ^c   Li, Jun ^d   Zhang, Gan ^d   Jones, Kevin C ^e   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b Department of Electrical Computer Engineering   (Pakistan)

^c WWF Pakistan   (Pakistan)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fish; Indus River; Organochlorine pesticides; Organochlorines; Pakistan; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

FISH; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

FRESHWATER FISHES; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; HUMAN HEALTH RISK ASSESSMENT; INDUS RIVER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOCHLORINES; PAKISTAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

RISK ASSESSMENT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CANCER; FISH; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDUS RIVER; PAKISTAN;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; PAKISTAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER; WATER POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PAKISTAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84944128271     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.002     Document Type: Article

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