High concentrations of persistent organic pollutants including PCBs, DDT, PBDEs and PFOS in little brown bats with white-nose syndrome in New York, USA

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 613-618

  Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a   Yun, Se Hun ^a   Rudd, Robert J ^a   Behr, Melissa ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bat; PBDEs; PCBs; PFOS; POPs; White nose syndrome

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; MAMMALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

PBDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PFOS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS (PBBS); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POPS; WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FAT; FLUOROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

BAT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FUNGAL DISEASE; LIPID; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BAT; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIBERNATION; MALE; MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WHITE NOSE SYNDROME; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; MICROBIOLOGY; MYCOSIS; POLLUTANT; VETERINARY;

KENTUCKY; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

MYOTIS LUCIFUGUS;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CHIROPTERA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FATS; FLUOROCARBONS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; MYCOSES; NEW YORK; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77953812823     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.04.060     Document Type: Article

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