Anthropogenic persistent organic pollutants - Lessons to learn from halogenated natural products

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 26, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 2249-2252

  Vetter, Walter ^a   Gribble, Gordon W ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,4,6 TRIBROMOANISOLE; ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; NATURAL PRODUCT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; HALOGENATION; LETTER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROENTGEN SPECTROSCOPY; WATER POLLUTANT; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MARINE BIOLOGY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 36148972499     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/06-615R.1     Document Type: Letter

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