Circumpolar study of perfluoroalkyl contaminants in polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 5517-5523

  Smithwick, Marla ^a   Mabury, Scott A ^b   Solomon, Keith R ^a   Sonne, Christian ^c   Martin, Jonathan W ^d   Born, Erik W ^e   Dietz, Rune ^c   Derocher, Andrew E ^d,f   Letcher, Robert J ^g   Evans, Thomas J ^h   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^d   Nagy, John ⁱ   Stirling, Ian ^g   Taylor, Mitch K ^j   Muir, Derek C G ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^e GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^g ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^h U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

ⁱ Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

^j DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); IMPURITIES; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE;

CHAIN LENGTHS; CONGENERS; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID (PFCA);

BIODIVERSITY;

ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; HEPTADECAFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; PERFLEXANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BEAR; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; GREENLAND; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER; NONHUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; SAMPLING; SEA; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; WORLD;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 23244444125     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es048309w     Document Type: Article

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