Geographical distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorines in small cetaceans from Asian waters

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 287-295

  Kajiwara, Natsuko ^a   Kamikawa, Satoko ^a   Ramu, Karri ^a   Ueno, Daisuke ^a   Yamada, Tadasu K ^b   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Lam, Paul K S ^c   Jefferson, Thomas A ^d   Prudente, Maricar ^e   Chung, Kyu Hyuck ^f   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d SOUTHWEST FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^e DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

^f Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Asia Pacific; Cetacean; Japan; Organochlorines; PBDEs; POPs

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS;

ASIA-PACIFIC; CETACEAN; JAPAN; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); POP;

WATER POLLUTION;

FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; WATER POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PBDE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; ASIA; BIOACCUMULATION; CETACEA; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COASTAL WATERS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION PROCESS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DOLPHIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HONG KONG; INDIA; JAPAN; NONHUMAN; PHILIPPINES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALIA; CETACEA; SOUSA CHINENSIS; STENELLA LONGIROSTRIS;

EID: 33744813280     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.12.013     Document Type: Article

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