Flame retardants, surfactants and organotins in sediment and mysid shrimp of the Scheldt estuary (The Netherlands)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 136, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-31

  Verslycke, Tim A ^a,c   Vethaak, A Dick ^b   Arijs, Katrien ^a   Janssen, Colin R ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Endocrine disruption; Exposure; Field study; Mysid; Neomysis integer

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FLAME RETARDANTS; SEDIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WATER POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL; YEAST;

ANDROGENS; ORGANOTINS; SEDIMENT EXTRACTS; YEAST ESTROGEN ASSAY;

ESTUARIES;

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANOTIN COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SURFACTANT; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ESTUARINE POLLUTION; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEDIMENT POLLUTION;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; NETHERLANDS; SEDIMENT; SHRIMP; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WESTERN EUROPE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESTRADIOL CONGENERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; NETHERLANDS; ORGANOTIN COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TESTOSTERONE CONGENERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BENELUX; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE; WORLD; ZEELAND;

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); MYSIDAE; NEOMYSIS INTEGER;

EID: 16244364821     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2004.12.008     Document Type: Article

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