Flame retardants and legacy contaminants in polar bears from Alaska, Canada, East Greenland and Svalbard, 2005-2008

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 365-374

  McKinney, Melissa A ^a,b   Letcher, Robert J ^a,b   Aars, Jon ^c   Born, Erik W ^d   Branigan, Marsha ^e   Dietz, Rune ^f   Evans, Thomas J ^g   Gabrielsen, Geir W ^c   Peacock, Elizabeth ^h   Sonne, Christian ^f  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^e DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES   (Canada)

^f NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^g U S FISH AND WILDLIFE SERVICE   (United States)

^h Government of Nunavut   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Organochlorine; PCB; Polar bear (Ursus maritimus); Spatial trends; Temporal trends

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ECOSYSTEMS; ETHANE; MAMMALS; MARINE POLLUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VECTOR CONTROL (ELECTRIC MACHINERY);

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANOCHLORINES; POLAR BEARS; SPATIAL TRENDS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; PENTABROMOTOLUENE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT; BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; HEALTH IMPACT; LIPID; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CANADA; CONTAMINATED ANIMAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

ALASKA; ARCTIC; ARCTIC OCEAN; BEAUFORT SEA; CANADA; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN; UNITED STATES;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

EID: 78751632282     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.10.008     Document Type: Article

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