Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds of prey from Northern China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1828-1833

  Chen, Da ^a   Mai, Bixian ^b   Song, Jie ^c   Sun, Quanhui ^d   Luo, Yong ^b   Luo, Xiaojun ^b   Zeng, Eddy Y ^b   Hale, Robert C ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^c BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR ANIMAL WELFARE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); TISSUE;

FOOD CHAINS; LIVER CONCENTRATIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TISSUE;

ABUNDANCE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CHAIN; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RAPTOR; TERRESTRIAL ECOSYSTEM;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIRD; BROMINATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID ANALYSIS; LIVER METABOLISM; MUSCLE METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR PREY INTERACTION; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; CHINA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; KIDNEY; LIVER; MUSCLES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RAPTORS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ASIO OTUS; AVES; FALCO TINNUNCULUS; OTUS; RAPTORES;

EID: 33947375129     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es062045r     Document Type: Article

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