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Table 2 WHO-PCDD/F- and PCB-TEQs (pg/g fat) in moose liver samples

From: Biomonitoring of selected persistent organic pollutants (PCDD/Fs, PCBs and PBDEs) in Finnish and Russian terrestrial and aquatic animal species

Sample

n

Fat %

WHO-PCDD/F-TEQ

WHO-PCB-TEQ

TEF 2005 (1998)

TEF 2005 (1998)

Northern Finland

Moose calf male #1

1a

4.9

3.03 (4.11)

3.34 (3.35)

Moose calf female #2

1a

5.4

1.08 (1.44)

0.94 (0.94)

Moose calf female #3, (age 8 + 8 months)

2b

5.4

3.82 (5.34)

3.27 (3.27)

Moose calf female #4

3b

5.3

3.53 (4.86)

3.28 (3.28)

Moose adult female #5, (age 3 + 4 years)

2b

5.1

0.7 (0.98)

0.42 (0.42)

Central Finland

Moose young adult #6, (age 1.5 years)

1a

5.4

4.26 (5.71)

2.65 (2.66)

  1. aSample consists of one individual. b Sample consists of two or three individuals pooled together. Fat content (%) are relative to wet weight