Perfluoroalkyl substances in polar bear mother-cub pairs: A comparative study based on plasma levels from 1998 and 2008

Environment International

Volumn 49, Issue , 2012, Pages 92-99

  Bytingsvik, Jenny ^a   van Leeuwen, Stefan P J ^b   Hamers, Timo ^b   Swart, Kees ^b   Aars, Jon ^c   Lie, Elisabeth ^d   Nilsen, Else Mari Espseth ^a   Wiig, Øystein ^e   Derocher, Andrew E ^f   Jenssen, Bjørn M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^c NORWEGIAN POLAR INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arctic; Health risk; Maternal transfer; Newborns; PFCs; Temporal changes

Indexed keywords

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ARCTIC; MATERNAL TRANSFER; NEWBORNS; PFCS; TEMPORAL CHANGE;

MAMMALS;

BEAR; BIOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; CARNIVORE; CHEMICAL BINDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PROTEIN; TOXICOLOGY;

ARCTIC; SVALBARD; SVALBARD AND JAN MAYEN;

EID: 84866510738     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.08.004     Document Type: Article

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