Levels of brominated flame retardants in Northern Fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis) eggs from the Faroe Islands

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 840-846

  Karlsson, M ^a   Ericson, I ^a   van Bavel, B ^a   Jensen, J K ^b   Dam, M ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b Food Veterinary and Environmental Agency ^*

^c Veterinary and Environmental Agency   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

BTBPE; Egg; Fulmar; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BTBPE; EGG; FULMAR; PBDES;

AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; BROMINE COMPOUNDS; POLYMERS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; EGG; PBDE; SEABIRD;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EGG; FAROE ISLANDS; FULMARUS GLACIALIS; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEABIRD;

ANIMALS; ATLANTIC ISLANDS; BIRDS; CARBON ISOTOPES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; OVUM;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

FULMARUS GLACIALIS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33746357559     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.02.050     Document Type: Article

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