Are pet dogs good sentinels of human exposure to environmental polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls?

Journal of Applied Animal Research

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 135-145

  Ruiz Suárez, Norberto ^a   Rial, Cristian ^a   Boada, Luis D ^a   Henríquez Hernández, Luis A ^a   Valeron, Pilar F ^a   Camacho, María ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   González, Maira Almeida ^a   Lara, Pedro ^a   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

dogs; organochlorine pesticides; polychlorinated biphenyls; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons; sentinels

Indexed keywords

EID: 84948718274     PISSN: 09712119     EISSN: 09741844     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09712119.2015.1021808     Document Type: Article

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