Comment on "novel Methoxylated Polybrominated Diphenoxybenzene Congeners and Possible Sources in Herring Gull Eggs from the Laurentian Great Lakes of North America"

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 3587-3588

  Hardy, Marcia L ^a   Hall, Tyson ^a   Le Van, Steve W ^a  

^a Albemarle Corporation   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; METHOXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENOXYBENZENE CONGENER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIODEGRADATION; BIRD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EGG; EXPOSURE; HERRING GULL; LAKE; LETTER; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; SOLUBILITY; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; EGGS; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

LARUS ARGENTATUS;

EID: 84858658054     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es300095k     Document Type: Letter

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