Perfluoroalkyl acids in subarctic wild male mink (Neovison vison) in relation to age, season and geographical area

Environment International

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 425-430

  Persson, Sara ^a   Rotander, Anna ^b   Kärrman, Anna ^b   van Bavel, Bert ^b   Magnusson, Ulf ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Mink; Perfluorinated; Perfluoroalkyl acids; PFOS

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL LEVELS; MINK; PERFLUORINATED; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PFOS; SEASONAL DIFFERENCES;

CARBOXYLATION;

PERFLEXANE; PERFLUBUTANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY CONDITION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; MAMMAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOFLUORINE; SEASONAL VARIATION;

AGE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY WEIGHT; COASTAL WATERS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHY; LIVER; MALE; MINK; NEOVIS VISON; NONHUMAN; PREDATOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SWEDEN; URBAN AREA; WILD ANIMAL;

SWEDEN;

MUSTELA; MUSTELA VISON;

MINK; PERFLUORINATED; PERFLUOROALKYL ACIDS; PFOS;

AGE FACTORS; ALKANESULFONATES; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; DECANOIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; LIVER; MALE; MINK; SEASONS; SWEDEN; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84882244487     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.06.025     Document Type: Article

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