Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and organochlorines in melon-headed whales, Peponocephala electra, mass stranded along the Japanese coasts: Maternal transfer and temporal trend

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 156, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 106-114

  Kajiwara, Natsuko ^a   Kamikawa, Satoko ^a   Amano, Masao ^b   Hayano, Azusa ^c   Yamada, Tadasu K ^d   Miyazaki, Nobuyuki ^e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TEIKYO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DEPARTMENT OF BOTANY   (Japan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Maternal transfer; Melon headed whale; OCs; PBDEs; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; LANDFORMS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

BODY BURDEN; ELECTRA; JAPANESE COASTS; MATERNAL TRANSFER; MELON-HEADED WHALE; OCS; ORDERS-OF-MAGNITUDE; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINES; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; TEMPORAL TREND; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

HYDROCARBON; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAT RESERVE; MASS TRANSFER; MATERNAL EFFECT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; WHALE;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLUBBER; BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; JAPAN; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEASHORE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANT; WHALE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; JAPAN; MALE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL; WHALES;

CETACEA; PEPONOCEPHALA; PEPONOCEPHALA ELECTRA;

EID: 50449099722     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2007.12.034     Document Type: Article

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