Levels and trends of polybrominated diphenylethers and other brominated flame retardants in wildlife

Environment International

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 757-770

  Law, Robin J ^a   Alaee, Mehran ^b   Allchin, Colin R ^a   Boon, Jan P ^c   Lebeuf, Michel ^d   Lepom, Peter ^e   Stern, Gary A ^f  

^a CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT   (United Kingdom)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c ROYAL NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SEA RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^d MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^e UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

^f FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flame retardants; PBDEs; Polybrominated diphenylethers; Temporal trends; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; COASTAL ZONES; DATA ACQUISITION; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIPIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

MAMMALS;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; AUSTRALIA; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOTOXICOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTUARY; EUROPE; FISH; LIPID ANALYSIS; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; OCEANIC REGIONS; PELAGIC ZONE; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; WHALE; WILDLIFE CONSERVATION;

AVES; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; CETACEA; DELPHINAPTERUS LEUCAS; MAMMALIA; MYSTICETI; PHOCA HISPIDA; PHOCIDAE; PISCES;

EID: 0242319569     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0160-4120(03)00110-7     Document Type: Article

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