Accumulation of background levels of persistent organochlorine and organobromine pollutants through the soil-earthworm-hedgehog food chain

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 721-727

  Vermeulen, Frouke ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a   D'Havé, Helga ^a   Van den Brink, Nico W ^b   Blust, Ronny ^a   De Coen, Wim ^a   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Blood; BSAF; Earthworm; Erinaceus europaeus; Lumbricus rubellus

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; CHAINS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOILS; TISSUE;

BIOTA-SOIL ACCUMULATION FACTORS; BSAF; EARTHWORM; ERINACEUS EUROPAEUS; EXPOSURE AND RISK ASSESSMENTS; LUMBRICUS RUBELLUS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

SOIL POLLUTION;

CHLORPHENOTANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; SOIL POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; EARTHWORM; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; MAMMAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOIL BIOTA;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; EARTHWORM; FOOD CHAIN; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HAIR LEVEL; HEDGEHOG; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PROCEDURES; SOIL POLLUTANT;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CHAIN; HAIR; HEDGEHOGS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 77954542076     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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