Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in fish tissues from the Pearl River Delta, China: Levels, compositions, and potential sources

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 576-582

  Guo, Ying ^a,b   Meng, Xiang Zhou ^a,b   Tang, Hong Lei ^a,b   Mai, Bi Xian ^a   Zeng, Eddy Y ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; China; Fish; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; FISH; GASTROENTEROLOGY; LIPIDS; TISSUE;

GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

ETHERS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; LIPID; MUSCLE; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; SKIN;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FISH; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GILL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUACULTURE; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; GILLS; LIVER; MUSCLE, SKELETAL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SKIN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 40949157126     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-366.1     Document Type: Article

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