Accumulation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in the food chain of the Western Scheldt estuary: Comparing field measurements with kinetic modeling

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1766-1773

  de Vos, Martine G ^a   Huijbregts, Mark A J ^a   van den Heuvel Greve, Martine J ^b   Vethaak, A Dick ^b   Van de Vijver, Kristin I ^c   Leonards, Pim E G ^d   van Leeuwen, S P J ^d   de Voogt, P ^e   Hendriks, A Jan ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b National Institute for Coastal and Marine Management RIKZ   (Netherlands)

^c Biochemistry and Toxicology   (Belgium)

^d INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Elimination; Kinetics; Perfluorinated compounds; Surfactants; Uptake

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; FATTY ACIDS; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROALKYLATED ACID (PFA); PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE (PFOS);

FOOD ADDITIVES;

FATTY ACID; METAL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID;

BIOACCUMULATION; FATTY ACIDS; FOOD ADDITIVES; HYDROPHOBIC CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REACTION KINETICS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; FIELD METHOD; FOOD CHAIN; HYDROPHOBICITY; KINETICS; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MODELING; ORGANOFLUORINE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; ELIMINATION REACTION; ESTUARY; FOOD CHAIN; KINETICS; NETHERLANDS; PREDICTION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; FOOD CHAIN; KINETICS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NETHERLANDS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE; WESTERSCHELDE;

EID: 38649119744     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.08.038     Document Type: Article

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