Spearman´s rho Mercury HCB b-HCH    4,4’-DDT    4,4’-DDE    Ratio DDT/DDE Trans- nonachlor Musk xylene PCB 105 0.383** 0.835**    0.374**   0.848** 0.786** 0.318** 0.828** -0.003 PCB 118 0.341** 0.894**   0.427**   0.861** 0.879** 0.218** 0.929** -0.030 PCB 138 0.274** 0.869**   0.435**    0.806** 0.914** 0.078 0.944** -0.012 PCB 153 0.273** 0.872**   0.433**    0.779** 0.899** 0.054 0.920** -0.019 PCB 156 0.236** 0.853**    0.469**   0.695** 0.811** 0.035 0.867** -0.074 PCB 180 0.255** 0.834**   0.398**   0.714** 0.837** 0.032 0.887** -0.034 SPCB 0.269** 0.869**   0.428**   0.777** 0.895** 0.056 0.927** -0.020 Sum of  three MO-PCB^& 0.334** 0.907**   0.444**   0.850** 0.878** 0.200** 0.931** -0.036 HCB 0.356**               b-HCH -0.021 0.589**                    4,4’-DDT 0.399** 0.802**   0.351**              4,4’-DDE 0.317** 0.805**   0.379**   0.851**          Ratio DDT/DDE 0.215** 0.222**                 0.072 0.513** 0.037          Trans- nonachlor 0.345** 0.859**   0.360**   0.864** 0.877** 0.881**          Musk xylene    -0.009            - 0.065              0.027 0.030 0.093* 0.091* -0.030 *  : Significant at the 0.05-level (two-tailed) **: Significant at the 0.01-level (two-tailed) &  : Some of the three measured mono-ortho PCB-congeners (IUPAC numbers 105, 118, and 156)