Organic halogenated contaminants in mother-fetus pairs of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) from Alaska, 2000-2002

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 223-224, Issue , 2012, Pages 72-78

  Wang, Dongli ^a,e   Atkinson, Shannon ^b   Hoover Miller, Anne ^b,c   Shelver, Weilin L ^d   Li, Qing X ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA SOUTHEAST   (United States)

^c ALASKA SEALIFE CENTER   (United States)

^d USDA ARS Red River Valley Agricultural Research Center   (United States)

^e CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Harbor seals; Maternal transfer; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL GROUP; CONCENTRATION PROFILES; FETAL LIVER; FETAL ORGANS; HARBOR SEALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MATERNAL TRANSFER; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PACIFIC OCEAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PHOCA VITULINA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; TARGET ORGANS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS; TOXIC CONTAMINANTS;

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; INSECTICIDES; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HALOGEN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; HCH; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SUBSISTENCE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ANIMAL STRUCTURES; ANIMAL TISSUE; ANIMAL WELLBEING; ARTICLE; BLUBBER; BRAIN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FETOTOXICITY; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; LIVER; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; RISK FACTOR; SEA POLLUTION; SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER POLLUTANT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALASKA; ANIMALS; BRAIN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LIVER; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PHOCA; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ALASKA; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (NORTH); UNITED STATES;

PHOCA; PHOCA VITULINA RICHARDII;

EID: 84861461623     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.04.052     Document Type: Article

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