A screening of persistent organohalogenated contaminants in hair of East Greenland polar bears

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 22, 2010, Pages 5613-5618

  Jaspers, Veerle L B ^a   Dietz, Rune ^b   Sonne, Christian ^b   Letcher, Robert J ^c   Eens, Marcel ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a   Born, Erik W ^d   Covaci, Adrian ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

Author keywords

Adipose; BDE 47; Blood; Brain; Hair; Liver; P, DDE; PCBs; Persistent organohalogenated contaminants; Polar bear; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE; BDE 47; HAIR; PCBS; PERSISTENT ORGANOHALOGENATED CONTAMINANTS; POLAR BEARS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; TISSUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CB 153; CB 180; NONACHLOR; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; BRAIN; HAIR; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; POLAR REGION; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET RESTRICTION; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HAIR ANALYSIS; LACTATION; LIVER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PLASMA; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHLORDAN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GREENLAND; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LINDANE; LIVER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; URSIDAE;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

MAMMALIA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 77956880582     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.07.059     Document Type: Article

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