Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and non-ortho-PCBs in eggs of white-tailed sea eagles collected along the Swedish coast in the Baltic Sea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 438, Issue , 2012, Pages 166-173

  Nordlöf, Ulrika ^a   Helander, Björn ^b   Zebühr, Yngve ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Asplund, Lillemor ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Baltic Sea; Greenland; Non ortho PCB; PCDD F; Predatory bird; White tailed sea eagle

Indexed keywords

BALTIC SEA; GREENLAND; NON-ORTHO-PCB; PCDD/F; PREDATORY BIRDS; WHITE-TAILED SEA EAGLE;

POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIRD; BROOD SIZE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EGG; NESTLING; PCDD; PCDF; PREDATOR; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIRD; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EAGLE; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GENITAL SYSTEM DISEASE; GREENLAND; NONHUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN; WHITE TAILED SEA EAGLE;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DIOXINS; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; OCEANS AND SEAS; OVUM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; REPRODUCTION; SWEDEN;

ARCTIC; ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA; GREENLAND; SWEDEN;

ACCIPITRIDAE; AVES;

EID: 84866265434     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.016     Document Type: Article

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