Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in various tissues of foraging hens from an electronic waste recycling area in South China

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 27, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1279-1283

  Liang, Shu Xuan ^a   Zhao, Qian ^a   Qin, Zhan Fen ^b   Zhao, Xing Ru ^b   Yang, Zhong Zhi ^b   Xu, Xiao Bai ^b  

^a HEBEI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH CENTER FOR ECO ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Electronic wastes; Hen; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Taizhou; Tissue

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; BLOOD; BLOOD GAS ANALYSIS; CANNING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ETHERS; FINANCIAL DATA PROCESSING; FOOD PRESERVATION; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISTOLOGY; IONIZATION OF GASES; LIPIDS; LIVER; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MUSCLE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SALVAGING; SKIN; WASTES;

CHEMICAL IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY (CIMS); ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ELECTRONIC WASTES (E-WASTE); FAT TISSUES; HIGH RESOLUTIONS; HUMAN FOOD CHAIN; KIDNEY TISSUES; LIPID WEIGHT; MUSCLE TISSUES; POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); POTENTIAL RISKS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENTS; SOUTH CHINA;

TISSUE;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

IONIZATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; POULTRY; RECYCLING; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AGING; ANIMALS; CHICKENS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ETHERS; FEMALE; ORGAN SIZE; ORGAN SPECIFICITY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 45249115102     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/07-518.1     Document Type: Article

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