Selective transfer of persistent organic pollutants and their metabolites in grey seals during lactation

Environment International

Volumn 46, Issue , 2012, Pages 6-15

  Vanden Berghe, Marie ^a   Weijs, Liesbeth ^b   Habran, Sarah ^c   Das, Krishna ^c   Bugli, Céline ^a   Rees, Jean François ^a   Pomeroy, Paddy ^d   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Debier, Cathy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ST ANDREWS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Blubber; Grey seal; Maternal transfer; Milk; Organochlorines; Serum

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; BODY FLUIDS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLITES; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

BLUBBER; GREY SEAL; MATERNAL TRANSFER; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINES; SERUM;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; LACTATION; METABOLITE; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PINNIPED;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; HALICHOERUS GRYPUS; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MATERNAL SERUM; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); SEAL; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

FIFE; ISLE OF MAY; SCOTLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

HALICHOERUS GRYPUS;

EID: 84861630243     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.04.011     Document Type: Article

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