Levels and distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in the freshwater environment surrounding a PBDE manufacturing plant in China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1911-1916

  Xu, Jie ^a   Gao, Zishen ^a   Xian, Qiming ^a   Yu, Hongxia ^a   Feng, Jianfang ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Freshwater fishes; Manufacturing plant; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Surface Sediments

Indexed keywords

FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENTS; FRESHWATER FISHES; JIANGSU PROVINCES; MANUFACTURING PLANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDES); SEWAGE OUTFALLS; SURFACE SEDIMENTS; TECHNICAL MIXTURES;

ETHERS; FIRE HAZARDS; FISH; LIVER; MANUFACTURE; MUSCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEWAGE;

RIVERS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; EGG; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; MUSCLE; ORGANIC CARBON; PBDE; RIVER POLLUTION; SEWAGE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CHINA; EGG; FISH; LIVER; MUSCLE; NONHUMAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WATER; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; JINHU;

PISCES;

EID: 64149092572     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.01.030     Document Type: Article

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