Transfer of PBDEs and chlorinated POPs from mother to pup during lactation in harp seals Phoca groenlandica

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 98-107

  Frouin, Héloïse ^a,b   Lebeuf, Michel ^b   Hammill, Mike ^b   Fournier, Michel ^a  

^a INRS INSTITUT ARMAND FRAPPIER   (Canada)

^b MAURICE LAMONTAGNE INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Harp seals; Lactational transfer; OCPs; PBDEs; PCBs; Phoca groenlandica

Indexed keywords

LACTATIONAL TRANSFER; OCPS; PBDES; PCBS; PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

ALCOHOLS; BODY FLUIDS; HISTOLOGY; IMPURITIES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

PHYSIOLOGY;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; GROWTH; MILK PRODUCTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PINNIPED; POLLUTANT TRANSPORT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SERUM; WEANING;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY HEIGHT; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOWN REGULATION; EARLY LIFE STRESS; ECOTOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH RATE; HEALTH HAZARD; LACTATION; MATERNAL SERUM; MILK LEVEL; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHOCA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WEANING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, SUCKLING; BIOPSY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LACTATION; MILK; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; QUEBEC; SEALS, EARLESS; TIME FACTORS;

CANADA; MAGDALEN ISLANDS; QUEBEC [CANADA];

PHOCA GROENLANDICA;

EID: 84857033403     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.084     Document Type: Article

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