Concentrations of persistent organic pollutants in plasma from two species of turtle from the Tennessee River Gorge

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-204

  Moss, Stefan ^a   Keller, Jennifer M ^b   Richards, Sean ^a   Wilson, Thomas P ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE AT CHATTANOOGA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c Tennessee Aquarium   (United States)

Author keywords

American rivers; Brominated flame retardant; Chelonians; Organochlorine; Reptile

Indexed keywords

CELL PROLIFERATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CHELONIANS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY/MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANOCHLORINES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); REPTILE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; ECOTOXICOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; REPRODUCTION; TURTLE;

ARTICLE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; TURTLE; UNITED STATES;

AMERICAN RIVER; CALIFORNIA; NORTH AMERICA; TENNESSEE RIVER; UNITED STATES;

REPTILIA; STERNOTHERUS ODORATUS; TESTUDINES; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA TROOSTI; TRACHEMYS SCRIPTA TROOSTII;

EID: 67349147383     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.054     Document Type: Article

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