Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in feathers of birds from different trophic levels of South-West Iran

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 285-290

  Behrooz, Reza Dahmardeh ^a,b   Esmaili Sari, Abbas ^b   Ghasempouri, Seyed Mahmoud ^b   Bahramifar, Nader ^b   Covaci, Adrian ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Birds; Feathers; Iran; Museum collection; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; FEATHERS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE ISOMERS; IRAN; MUSEUM COLLECTIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB);

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BIRD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; METABOLITE; MUSEUM; PCB; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EFFECT; REPRODUCTIVE PRODUCTIVITY; TAIL FEATHER; TROPHIC LEVEL;

AVES;

EID: 58749084868     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.07.001     Document Type: Article

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