Brominated phenols, anisoles, and dioxins present in blue mussels from the Swedish coastline

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1460-1468

  Löfstrand, Karin ^a   Malmvärn, Anna ^a   Haglund, Peter ^b   Bignert, Anders ^c   Bergman, Åke ^a   Asplund, Lillemor ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

MeO PBDE; Natural formation; OH PBDE; PBDD; Polybrominated dibenzo p dioxins

Indexed keywords

ANISOLE DERIVATIVE; DIBENZO(1,4)DIOXIN; DIOXIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ALGA; BIVALVE; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; COASTAL ZONE; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; SAMPLING; SPECIES OCCURRENCE;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIVALVE; BROWN ALGA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLISM; NODULARIA; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

ALGAE, BROWN; ANIMALS; ANISOLES; BIVALVIA; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; NODULARIA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; NORTH SEA; SWEDEN;

ALGAE; CYANOBACTERIA; DICTYOSIPHON; MYTILUS EDULIS; NODULARIA; NODULARIA SPUMIGENA; PHAEOPHYCEAE;

EID: 77955662298     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-010-0331-1     Document Type: Article

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