Is external contamination with organic pollutants important for concentrations measured in bird feathers?

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 766-772

  Jaspers, V L B ^a   Covaci, A ^a   Van den Steen, E ^a   Eens, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Buzzard; External contamination; Feathers; Organochlorine pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

EXTERNAL CONTAMINATION; HEXACHLOROBENZENE (HCB); ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEATHER; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIRD; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEATHER; FORELIMB; LIVER; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AVES; BUTEO BUTEO;

EID: 34250762145     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.013     Document Type: Article

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