Tissue-specific accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) including Deca-BDE and hexabromocyclododecanes (HBCDs) in harbor seals from the northwest Atlantic

Environment International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-6

  Shaw, Susan D ^a,b   Berger, Michelle L ^a   Weijs, Liesbeth ^c   Covaci, Adrian ^c  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Biomagnification; Brominated flame retardants; Developmental toxicity; Endocrine disruption; Marine mammals

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; FISH; MAMMALS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; TISSUE;

BDE-209; BIOMAGNIFICATION; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTION; MARINE MAMMALS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FOOD WEB; MARINE ECOSYSTEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; METABOLISM; PBDE; PINNIPED; TOXICITY;

ADULT ANIMAL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD WEB; HARBOR SEAL; LIVER; MALE; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN; NORTHWEST ATLANTIC; OCEANIC REGIONS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTHWEST);

MAMMALIA; PHOCA; PISCES;

EID: 84860580834     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.01.001     Document Type: Article

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