Short- and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins in biota from the European Arctic - differences in homologue group patterns

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 252-260

  Reth, Margot ^a   Ciric, Anita ^a   Christensen, Guttorm N ^b   Heimstad, Eldbjørg S ^c   Oehme, Michael ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BASEL   (Switzerland)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR WATER RESEARCH   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Arctic; Biota; Chlorinated paraffins; Congener pattern; Homologue distribution; Polychlorinated n alkanes

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); PARAFFINS;

ARCTIC; BIOTA; CHLORINATED PARAFFINS; CONGENER PATTERN; HOMOLOGUE DISTRIBUTION; POLYCHLORINATED N-ALKANES;

MARINE POLLUTION;

PARAFFIN;

ALKANE; BIOTA; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GADOID; SEABIRD;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; CHLORINATION; EUROPE; FISH; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEDIMENTATION;

ANIMALS; ARCTIC REGIONS; BIRDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EUROPE; FISHES; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; PARAFFIN; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ARCTIC; BJORNOYA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ICELAND; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

SALVELINUS ALPINUS;

EID: 33746006922     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.12.014     Document Type: Article

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