Hexabromocyclododecanes in limnic and marine organisms and terrestrial plants from Tianjin, China: Diastereomer- and enantiomer-specific profiles, biomagnification, and human exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1561-1568

  Zhang, Yanwei ^a   Sun, Hongwen ^a   Liu, Fang ^a   Dai, Yuanyuan ^b   Qin, Xuebo ^a   Ruan, Yuefei ^a   Zhao, Lijie ^a   Gan, Zhiwei ^a  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Tianjin Bohai Sea Fisheries Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Diastereomer and enantiomer selectivity; Estimated daily intakes; HBCDs; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOMERS; FISH; MARINE BIOLOGY; SOILS;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; ENANTIOMER SELECTIVITY; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HBCDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

POPULATION DISTRIBUTION;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE;

BROMINE COMPOUND; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEEDING; FISH; HABITAT; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; SOIL; TROPHIC LEVEL;

ARTICLE; CHINA; DIASTEREOISOMER; ENANTIOMER; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; LIMNETIC SPECIES; MARINE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; PLANT; RHIZOSPHERE; TERRESTRIAL SPECIES; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TROPHIC LEVEL;

CHINA; TIANJIN;

PISCES; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

BIOMAGNIFICATION; DIASTEREOMER AND ENANTIOMER SELECTIVITY; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HBCDS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; AQUATIC ORGANISMS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CHAIN; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; PLANTS; STEREOISOMERISM; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84885849334     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.004     Document Type: Article

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