Perflouroalkyl contaminants in liver tissue from East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 981-986

  Smithwick, Marla ^a   Muir, Derek G G ^b   Mabury, Scott A ^c   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Martin, Jonathan W ^c   Sonne, Christian ^d   Born, Erik W ^e   Letcher, Robert J ^f   Dietz, Rune ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^f CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Perfluorinated; Perfluoroalkyl carboxylate; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICALS; IMPURITIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HEPATIC TISSUES; LIVER TISSUES; PERFLUOROALKYL CONTAMINANTS; POLAR BEARS;

TISSUE;

CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEPTADECAFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROHEXANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; SULFONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; GREENLAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE FACTORS; ALASKA; ALKANESULFONATES; ANIMALS; CANADA; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; GREENLAND; LIVER; MALE; SEX FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; WORLD;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 15544386069     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/04-258R.1     Document Type: Article

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