Comment on "perfluoroalkyl contaminants in an arctic marine food web: Trophic magnification and wildlife exposure"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 15, 2009, Pages 6112-

  Rayne, Sierra ^a   Forest, Kaya ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIDE; BIOMATERIAL; CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; SEA WATER; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

ACIDITY; ARCTIC; BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; ECOTOXICOLOGY; ELECTRICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD WEB; HYDROPHOBICITY; LETTER; LIPOPHILICITY; TROPHIC CASCADE; WILDLIFE;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; ARCTIC REGIONS; BELUGA WHALE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CHAIN; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; HYDROCARBONS, FLUORINATED; LIVER; OCEANS AND SEAS;

EID: 68049140905     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es9013079     Document Type: Letter

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