Hydroxylated and methyl sulfone PCB metabolites in adipose and whole blood of polar bear (Ursus maritimus) from East Greenland

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 331, Issue 1-3, 2004, Pages 125-141

  Sandala, G M ^a   Sonne Hansen, C ^b   Dietz, R ^b   Muir, D C G ^c   Valters, K ^a   Bennett, E R ^a   Born, E W ^d   Letcher, R J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

East Greenland; Hydroxylated PCBs; Methylsulfone PCBs; Polar bear; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Whole blood and Adipose tissue

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; HYDROXYLATION; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SULFONATION; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

AQUATIC BIOTA; LIPID WEIGHT; METHYL SULFONE; VERTEBRATES;

METABOLITES;

CHLORDANE; CHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; STYRENE DERIVATIVE; SULFONE DERIVATIVE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; MAMMAL; METABOLITE; PCB; POLLUTION MONITORING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; METABOLITE; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MOVEMENT (PHYSIOLOGY); POLLUTANT; WILD ANIMAL;

ARCTIC; ARCTIC AND ANTARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; WORLD;

ANIMALIA; CELLULAR ORGANISMS; URSUS; URSUS MARITIMUS; VERTEBRATA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MOVEMENT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; URSIDAE;

EID: 5044240759     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2003.03.001     Document Type: Article

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