Perfluorinated alkyl substances in water, sediment, plankton and fish from Korean rivers and lakes: A nationwide survey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 491-492, Issue , 2014, Pages 154-162

  Lam, Nguyen Hoang ^a   Cho, Chon Rae ^b   Lee, Jung Sick ^a   Soh, Ho Young ^a   Lee, Byoung Cheun ^c   Lee, Jae An ^c   Tatarozako, Norihisa ^d   Sasaki, Kazuaki ^e   Saito, Norimitsu ^e   Iwabuchi, Katsumi ^e   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^f   Cho, Hyeon Seo ^a  

^a Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^e Research Institute for Environmental Sciences and Public Health of Iwate Prefecture   (Japan)

^f STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Bioconcentration factor; Fish tissues; Freshwater; Korea; Perfluorinated compounds; Perfluorooctanesulfonate

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FISH; HISTOLOGY; LAKES; PLANKTON; PLASMAS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; SURVEYS; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

BIO-CONCENTRATION FACTORS; FISH TISSUE; FRESHWATER; KOREA; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES;

WATER RESOURCES;

LONG CHAIN PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE; PERFLUORINATED ALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORODODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; FLUOROCARBON; WATER POLLUTANT; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; PHYTOPLANKTON; PLANKTON; SEDIMENT POLLUTION; WATER POLLUTION; ZOOPLANKTON; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LAKE WATER; ORGANOFLUORINE; RIVER WATER; SULFONATE;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; FISH; GOLDFISH; LAKE; LIVER; NONHUMAN; PHYTOPLANKTON; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SINIPERCA SCHERZERI; SOUTH KOREA; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; ZOOPLANKTON; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; PLANKTON; WATER POLLUTANT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUCIAN CARP; LAKE ECOSYSTEM; MANDARIN FISH; RIVER ECOSYSTEM; WATER POLLUTION;

NAKDONG RIVER; SOUTH KOREA; YOUNGSAN RIVER;

CARASSIUS; CARASSIUS AURATUS; SINIPERCA SCHERZERI;

ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; LAKES; PLANKTON; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; RIVERS; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903530431     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.01.045     Document Type: Article

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