Emerging and historical brominated flame retardants in peregrine falcon (Falco peregrinus) eggs from Canada and Spain

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 179-186

  Guerra, Paula ^a   Alaee, Mehran ^b   Jiménez, Begoña ^c   Pacepavicius, Grazina ^b   Marvin, Chris ^b   MacInnis, Gordia ^b   Eljarrat, Ethel ^a   Barceló, Damià ^a,d   Champoux, Louise ^b   Fernie, Kim ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^c INSTITUTO DE QUÍMICA ORGÁNICA GENERAL   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

BTBPE; Emerging flame retardants; HBCD; HCDBCO; PBDE; Peregrine falcon eggs

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; ETHANE; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BTBPE; HBCD; HCDBCO; PBDE; PEREGRINE FALCON;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMOBIPHENYL; BIS(2 ETHYL 1 HEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; BROMINE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOPENTENYL DIBROMOCYCLOOCTANE; OCTABROMOTRIMETHYLPHENYLLINDATE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOTA; BREEDING SITE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; PBDE; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ENANTIOMER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN;

CANADA; SPAIN;

FALCO PEREGRINUS; SPONDIAS PURPUREA;

EID: 84856072461     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.07.014     Document Type: Article

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