Temporal trends of polyfluoroalkyl compounds (PFCs) in liver tissue of grey seals (Halichoerus grypus) from the Baltic Sea, 1974-2008

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1592-1600

  Kratzer, Johanna ^a,b   Ahrens, Lutz ^a   Roos, Anna ^c   Bäcklin, Britt Marie ^c   Ebinghaus, Ralf ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF MATERIALS RESEARCH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES WEIHENSTEPHAN TRIESDORF   (Germany)

^c SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Grey seal; PFASs; PFCs; PFOA; PFOS; Temporal trend

Indexed keywords

AMIDES; CARBOXYLATION; ECOSYSTEMS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

GREY SEAL; PFASS; PFCS; PFOA; PFOS; TEMPORAL TRENDS;

SILICON COMPOUNDS;

CARBON 13; CARBON 14; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PHOSPHONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL DISTURBANCE; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EFFECT; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXAMINATION; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIVER; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; SEAL; TOXICOLOGY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 80051665515     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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