Spatial and temporal patterns in concentrations of perfluorinated compounds in bald eagle nestlings in the upper Midwestern United States

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 6653-6660

  Route, William T ^a   Key, Rebecca L ^a   Russell, Robin E ^b   Lindstrom, Andrew B ^c   Strynar, Mark J ^c  

^a NATIONAL PARK SERVICE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE HEALTH CENTER   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

BAYESIAN FRAMEWORKS; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; RIVER WATERSHEDS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL PATTERNS; SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL TRENDS;

ANIMALS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANESULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FRESHWATER ECOSYSTEM; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; EAGLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; NESTLING; NONHUMAN; PLASMA; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; WATERSHED;

MIDWEST; UNITED STATES;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; CAPRYLATES; EAGLES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; MIDWESTERN UNITED STATES; NESTING BEHAVIOR; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84902586545     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es501055d     Document Type: Article

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