Increasing perfluoroalkyl contaminants in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus): A new toxic threat to the arctic bears

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 2701-2707

  Dietz, R ^a   Bossi, R ^a   Riget F F ^a   Sonne, C ^a   Born, E W ^b  

^a NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOESS SMOOTHER MODEL; LOGARITHMIC-TRANSFORMED MEDIAN CONCENTRATIONS;

CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONTAMINATION; CORRELATION METHODS; LINEAR REGRESSION; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BEAR; HEALTH IMPACT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXIC SUBSTANCE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; GREENLAND; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLAQUE FORMING CELL; POLAR BEAR;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; FLUOROCARBONS; GREENLAND; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

RATTUS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 41749114333     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es7025938     Document Type: Article

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