Bioaccumulation and risk assessment of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in wild freshwater fish from rivers in the Pearl River Delta region, South China

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 107, Issue , 2014, Pages 192-199

  Pan, Chang Gui ^a   Zhao, Jian Liang ^a   Liu, You Sheng ^a   Zhang, Qian Qian ^a   Chen, Zhi Feng ^a   Lai, Hua Jie ^a   Peng, Feng Jiao ^a   Liu, Shuang Shuang ^a   Ying, Guang Guo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Fish; PFASs; PFOS; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DECANOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROTRIDECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; POLYFLUOROALKYL DERIVATIVE; RIVER WATER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ALKANESULFONIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACID; FLUOROCARBON; FRESH WATER; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; SULFONAMIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH RISK; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY WEIGHT; CARP; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; GOVERNMENT REGULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SNAKEHEAD; TILAPIA; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; WILD ANIMAL; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; FISH; METABOLISM; PHARMACOKINETICS; RIVER; SEA FOOD; WATER POLLUTANT;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ANIMALS; BODY WEIGHT; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHINA; FEMALE; FISHES; FLUOROCARBONS; FRESH WATER; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVERS; SEAFOOD; SULFONAMIDES; TILAPIA; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84903895159     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2014.05.031     Document Type: Article

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