Tracking the sources of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in birds: Foraging in waste management facilities results in higher DecaBDE exposure in males

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 361-371

  Gentes, Marie Line ^a   Mazerolle, Marc J ^b   Giroux, Jean François ^a   Patenaude Monette, Martin ^a   Verreault, Jonathan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC EN ABITIBI TÉMISCAMINGUE   (Canada)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Birds; Feeding ecology; Flame retardants; GPS telemetry; Habitat use

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLLUTANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHER; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; GPS; HABITAT TYPE; HABITAT USE; PBDE; SEABIRD; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIRD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEEDING ECOLOGY; FEMALE; FORAGING; HABITAT USE; INBREEDING; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA; WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANT; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CANADA; CHARADRIIFORMES; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTANT; SEWAGE; TELEMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITY;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA]; SAINT LAWRENCE RIVER;

ANIMALIA; AVES; LARUS DELAWARENSIS;

ANIMALS; CHARADRIIFORMES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MALE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; QUEBEC; REFUSE DISPOSAL; TELEMETRY; WASTE DISPOSAL FACILITIES; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

EID: 84924709515     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.036     Document Type: Article

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