Polyfluorinated chemicals in a spatially and temporally integrated food web in the Western Arctic

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 664-672

  Powley, Charles R ^a   George, Stephen W ^a   Russell, Mark H ^a   Hoke, Robert A ^a   Buck, Robert C ^a  

^a DUPONT COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fluorotelomer; PFCAs; PFOA; PFOS

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

FLUOROTELOMER; PFOA; PFOS;

FOOD PRODUCTS;

DECANOIC ACID; FLUORINE DERIVATIVE; HEPTADECAFLUORO DECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CARBON; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FOOD PRODUCTS; ISOMERS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TISSUE;

BIOTRANSFORMATION; FOOD WEB; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PINNIPED; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXPOSURE; FLUORINATION; FOOD WEB; LIVER; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; SEAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; ZOOPLANKTON;

ARCTIC;

BOREOGADUS;

EID: 36249014882     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.067     Document Type: Article

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