Methylsulfonyl polychlorinated biphenyls in fish from an electronic waste-recycling site in South China: Levels, congener profiles, and chiral signatures

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 2507-2512

  Zhang, Ying ^a,b   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   She, Ya Zhe ^a,b   Mo, Ling ^a,b   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chiral; Electronic waste; Fish; Methylsulfonemetabolites; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FISH; BRAIN TISSUE; CHIRAL; CHIRAL SIGNATURES; CONGENER PROFILES; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ELECTRONIC WASTE (E WASTE); ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; ENANTIOMERIC-ENRICHMENT; ENANTIOSELECTIVE; FISH TISSUE; INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; METHYLSULFONEMETABOLITES; MIDLATITUDES; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SOUTH CHINA; TROPICAL REGIONS;

BRAIN; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; ENANTIOMERS; FISH; HISTOLOGY; MUSCLE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; METHYLSULFONYL POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BIOACCUMULATION; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FISH; METABOLITE; PCB; RECYCLING;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BENTHIC FAUNA; BRAIN TISSUE; CARP; CHINA; CHIRALITY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; FEMALE; LIVER; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MUSCLE TISSUE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE LEVEL; WASTE WATER RECYCLING;

ANIMALS; BRAIN CHEMISTRY; CARPS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; LIVER; MUSCLES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RECYCLING;

CHINA;

EID: 84867661487     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1992     Document Type: Article

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