Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in marine ecosystems of the American continents: Foresight from current knowledge

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 157-229

  Shaw, Susan D ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Brominated flame retardants; Marine food webs; Natural organobromine compounds; Novel BFRs; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

DOMESTIC CHEMICAL; ETHER DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD WEB; HUMAN; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MARINE MAMMAL; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; SEABIRD; SEDIMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TEXTILE;

ANIMALIA; INVERTEBRATA; MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; ECOSYSTEM; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MARINE BIOLOGY; NORTH AMERICA; SEAWATER; SOUTH AMERICA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 70350150378     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/REVEH.2009.24.3.157     Document Type: Review

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