Characterisation of perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in a terrestrial ecosystem near a fluorochemical plant in Flanders, Belgium

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 21, Issue 20, 2014, Pages 11856-11866

  D’Hollander, Wendy ^a   De Bruyn, Luc ^a,b   Hagenaars, An ^a   de Voogt, Pim ^c   Bervoets, Lieven ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Biomagnification; Biota to soil accumulation factor; Invertebrates; PFOS; Terrestrial food chain; Tissue distribution; Wood mouse

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891362387     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-013-2449-4     Document Type: Article

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