Three decades (1983-2010) of contaminant trends in East Greenland polar bears (Ursus maritimus). Part 1: Legacy organochlorine contaminants

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 485-493

  Dietz, Rune ^a   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Sonne, Christian ^a   Born, Erik W ^b   Bechshøft, Thea ^a   McKinney, Melissa A ^c   Letcher, Robert J ^d  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b GREENLAND INSTITUTE OF NATURAL RESOURCES   (Greenland)

^c DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DDT; Legacy contaminants; PCB; Polar bear; Temporal trends; Ursus maritimus

Indexed keywords

HISTOLOGY; IMPURITIES; INSECTICIDES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

DDT; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; INTERNATIONAL REGULATIONS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; POLAR BEARS; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

MAMMALS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; NONACHLOR; OCTACHLOROSTYRENE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EFFECT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GREENLAND; MALE; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA POLLUTION; TISSUE LEVEL; TREND STUDY; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

DDT; LEGACY CONTAMINANTS; PCB; POLAR BEAR; TEMPORAL TRENDS; URSUS MARITIMUS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; CHLORDAN; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GREENLAND; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; MALE; URSIDAE;

EID: 84880132975     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.09.004     Document Type: Article

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