Linear and branched perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) isomer patterns differ among several tissues and blood of polar bears

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 574-580

  Greaves, Alana K ^a   Letcher, Robert J ^a  

^a CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Blood; Brain; Liver; Perfluorooctane sulfonate; PFOS isomers and patterns; Polar bear

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BRAIN; HISTOLOGY; LIVER; MAMMALS; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLANTS (BOTANY); PROTEINS; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

ELECTROCHEMICAL FLUORINATION; ISOMERIC CONFIGURATIONS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PFOS ISOMERS AND PATTERNS; POLAR BEARS; PROTEIN INTERACTION; STRUCTURAL ISOMERS;

ISOMERS;

6 PERFLUOROMETHYLHEPTANE SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BEAR; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BRAIN; FOOD WEB; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PROTEIN; SULFONATE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN LEVEL; FEMALE; ISOMER; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; POLAR BEAR; TISSUE LEVEL;

ARCTIC; EAST GREENLAND; GREENLAND;

URSUS MARITIMUS;

BLOOD; BRAIN; LIVER; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATE; PFOS ISOMERS AND PATTERNS; POLAR BEAR;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREENLAND; ISOMERISM; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URSIDAE;

EID: 84882819669     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.07.013     Document Type: Article

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