Priority substance | Conversion factor (or equation) fillet-to-whole fish (for all fish, n = 36) (significance level, one tailed) | Conversion factor fillet-to-whole fish (for 3–4 years/3–5 years fish, n = 20) (significance level, one tailed) |
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PCDD/F + dl-PCB | ln (conc.whole fish) = 1.56 + 0.63 * (ln conc.fillet) (p < 0.0001) | 5.3 (p < 0.0001) |
HCB | 3.7 (p < 0.0001) | 3.6 (p < 0.0001) |
PBDE | 5.2 (p < 0.0001) | 5.4 (p < 0.0001) |
HBCDD | 1.7 (p < 0.0001) | 1.8 (p = 0.030)a |
PFOS | 2.6 (p < 0.0001) | 2.7 (p < 0.0001) |
Mercury | ln (conc.whole fish) = − 0.031 + 0.949 * (ln conc.fillet) (p < 0.0001) | 0.81 (p < 0.0001) |