Brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in fish from the river Scheldt, Belgium

Environment International

Volumn 34, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 976-983

  Roosens, Laurence ^a   Dirtu, Alin C ^a,b   Goemans, Geert ^c   Belpaire, Claude ^c   Gheorghe, Adriana ^a,d   Neels, Hugo ^a   Blust, Ronny ^e   Covaci, Adrian ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

^c RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^e Ecophysiology   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; Brominated flame retardants; Eel; Fish; Hexabromocyclododecanes; Human exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; River Scheldt

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; ETHERS; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LOCATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVERS; WATER;

BELGIUM; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RIVER SCHELDT;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; FLAME RETARDANT; FRESH WATER; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMINE COMPOUND; EEL; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PBDE; PCB; POINT SOURCE; RIVER; SAMPLING; SURVEY;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ECOSYSTEM; EEL; FISH; INDUSTRIAL AREA; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SAMPLING;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; SCHELDT RIVER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

EID: 50449098718     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.02.009     Document Type: Article

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