Persistent halogenated compounds in waterbirds from an e-waste recycling region in south china

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 306-311

  Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Zhang, Xiu Lan ^a,b   Liu, Juan ^a,b   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a,b   Luo, Yong ^c   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a   Yang, Zhong Yi ^c  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^c SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CONGENER PATTERNS; CONTAMINANT DISTRIBUTIONS; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; E WASTES; ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS; HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE ISOMERS; HIGH CONCENTRATIONS; MEDIAN CONCENTRATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PEARL RIVER DELTAS; PISCIVOROUS BIRDS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SOUTH CHINAS; TROPHIC LEVELS; WATERBIRDS;

BIRDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; IMPURITIES; ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RECYCLING;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HALIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL 153; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HALOGEN; HCH; PBDE; PCB; RECYCLING; WADER;

ARTICLE; BROMINATION; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; HALOGENATION; NONHUMAN; RECYCLING; WATER BIRD; ANIMAL; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; POLLUTANT; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVER; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

AVES;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GEOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUSCLES; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 62749140113     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8018644     Document Type: Article

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