Flame retardants and organochlorine pollutants in bald eagle plasma from the Great Lakes region

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1234-1240

  Venier, Marta ^a   Wierda, Michael ^b   Bowerman, William W ^b   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dechlorane Plus; Lake Huron; Lake Michigan; Lake Superior; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; FLAME RETARDANTS; LAKES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DECHLORANE PLUS; LAKE HURONS; LAKE MICHIGAN; LAKE SUPERIOR; PBDES;

LAKE POLLUTION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMOBIPHENYL; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING; LACUSTRINE ENVIRONMENT; NESTLING; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; RAPTOR;

ARTICLE; EAGLE; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

HALIAEETUS LEUCOCEPHALUS;

EID: 77955425653     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.05.043     Document Type: Article

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