Polybrominated diphenyl ether congener patterns, hexabromocyclododecane, and brominated biphenyl 153 in eggs of peregrine falcons (Falco peregrinus) breeding in Sweden

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-17

  Johansson, Anna Karin ^a   Sellström, Ulla ^a   Lindberg, Peter ^b   Bignert, Anders ^c   De Wit, Cynthia A ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Birds of prey; Eggs; Hexabromocyclododecane; Polybrominated biphenyls; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

AQUATIC BIRDS; BIRDS OF PREY; CONGENER PATTERN; FOOD CHAIN; GEOMETRIC MEAN; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; PEREGRINE FALCON; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

BIRDS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; POLYACRYLATES; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON;

BIOACCUMULATION; BROOD SIZE; CAPTIVE POPULATION; EGG; FOOD CHAIN; LIPID; PBDE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; FALCONIFORMES; NONHUMAN; PEREGRINE FALCON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; TISSUE LEVEL; ANIMAL; PHYSIOLOGY; RAPTOR;

SWEDEN;

AVES; FALCO PEREGRINUS; RAPTORES;

ANIMALS; EGGS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; RAPTORS; SWEDEN;

EID: 64549156263     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1897/08-142.1     Document Type: Article

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