Dietary accumulation, disposition, and metabolism of technical pentabrominated diphenyl ether (DE-71) in pregnant mink (Mustela vison) and their offspring

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1184-1193

  Zhang, Si ^a   Bursian, Steve ^b   Martin, Pamela A ^c   Hing, Man Chan ^d   Martin, Jonathan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Blood brain barrier; Maternal transfer; Mink; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); METABOLISM; TISSUE CULTURE;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE);

ETHERS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; CARNIVORE; EXCRETION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOOD CONSUMPTION; LIPID; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; PARENT-OFFSPRING INTERACTION; PBDE; PREGNANCY; WEANING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRTH; BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER; BRAIN TISSUE; BREEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FECES; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; MAMMAL; METABOLISM; MINK; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGENY; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEANING; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

MAMMALIA; MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

EID: 43649085065     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-487.1     Document Type: Article

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