Dietary exposure of American kestrels (Falco sparverius) to decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE-209) flame retardant: Uptake, distribution, debromination and cytochrome P450 enzyme induction

Environment International

Volumn 63, Issue , 2014, Pages 182-190

  Letcher, Robert J ^a   Marteinson, Sarah C ^b   Fernie, Kim J ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Accumulation; American kestrel; Debromination; Decabromodiphenyl ether (BDE 209); Enzyme activity; Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE)

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ETHERS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASMAS; PROTEINS; TISSUE;

ACCUMULATION; AMERICAN KESTREL; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS (BDE209); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6' DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; CYTOCHROME P450; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SAFFLOWER OIL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CYTOCHROME; DIET; ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PROTEIN; RAPTOR;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY FAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME INDUCTION; FALCO SPARVERIUS; IN VIVO STUDY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLASMA HALF LIFE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAPTOR; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

AVES; CARTHAMUS TINCTORIUS; FALCO SPARVERIUS; RAPTORES;

ACCUMULATION; AMERICAN KESTREL; DEBROMINATION; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER (BDE-209); ENZYME ACTIVITY; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDE);

ANIMALS; CYTOCHROME P-450 ENZYME SYSTEM; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME INDUCTION; FALCONIFORMES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALF-LIFE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LIVER; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84889599944     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.11.010     Document Type: Article

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