Tissue-specific congener composition of organohalogen and metabolite contaminants in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus)

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 152, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 621-629

  Gebbink, Wouter A ^a,b   Sonne, Christian ^c   Dietz, Rune ^c   Kirkegaard, Maja ^c   Riget, Frank F ^c   Born, Erik W ^d   Muir, Derek C G ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Brominated and chlorinated contaminants; East Greenland; Metabolites; Polar bear; Tissue specific congener composition

Indexed keywords

HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; METABOLITES; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHASE COMPOSITION; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BROMINATED AND CHLORINATED CONTAMINANTS; POLAR BEAR; TISSUE-SPECIFIC CONGENER COMPOSITION;

CONTAMINATION;

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BEAR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; METABOLITE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; TISSUE LEVEL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREENLAND; LIVER; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

TETRA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 41349106621     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.07.001     Document Type: Article

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