Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and their methoxylated metabolites in anchovy (Coilia sp.) from the Yangtze River Delta, China

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 634-642

  Su, Guan yong ^a   Gao, Zi shen ^a   Yu, Yijun ^a,b   Ge, Jia chun ^c   Wei, Si ^a   Feng, Jian fang ^a   Liu, Feng yan ^c   Giesy, John P ^a,d,e,f,g   Lam, Michael H W ^f   Yu, Hong xia ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Changzhou Environmental Monitoring Center   (China)

^c Freshwater Fisheries Research Institute of Jiangsu Province   (China)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Fish; GC MS; Methoxylated polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

CLUPEOID; INDUSTRIALIZATION; METABOLITE; PBDE; RIVER POLLUTION; TOXIC MATERIAL;

CHINA; YANGTZE DELTA;

ANIMALIA; COILIA; ENGRAULIDAE;

EID: 77949296350     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-009-0236-z     Document Type: Article

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