Specific accumulation of perfluorochemicals in harbor seals (Phoca vitulina concolor) from the northwest Atlantic

Chemosphere

Volumn 74, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1037-1043

  Shaw, Susan ^a   Berger, Michelle L ^a   Brenner, Diane ^a   Tao, Lin ^b   Wu, Qian ^b   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Marine mammals; Perfluoroalkyl carboxylic acids; Perfluoroalkyl sulfonic acids; PFCs; PFOS; PFUnDA

Indexed keywords

MARINE MAMMALS; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONIC ACIDS; PFCS; PFOS; PFUNDA;

AC GENERATOR MOTORS; ACIDS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; LIVER; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PORTS AND HARBORS;

MAMMALS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ALCOHOL; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PHOCA; SEX DIFFERENCE; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; LIVER; MALE; PHOCA; TIME FACTORS;

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA CONCOLOR;

EID: 59449083237     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.10.063     Document Type: Article

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