Stockholm Arlanda Airport as a source of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to water, sediment and fish

Chemosphere

Volumn 129, Issue , 2015, Pages 33-38

  Ahrens, Lutz ^a   Norström, Karin ^b   Viktor, Tomas ^b   Cousins, Anna Palm ^b   Josefsson, Sarah ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b IVL SWEDISH ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aqueous fire fighting foams (AFFFs); Bioconcentration factor (BCF); Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs); Perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS); Sediment water partition coefficient (Kd)

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; CARBOXYLATION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; SEDIMENTS;

BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; FIRE FIGHTING FOAMS; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES;

AIRPORTS;

ALKYL GROUP; CARBOXYLIC ACID DERIVATIVE; FLUOROTELOMER SULFONATE; PERFLUOROALKYL CARBOXYLATE; PERFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; PERFLUOROALKYL SULFONATE; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONAMIDE; POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCE; SULFONAMIDE; SULFONIC ACID DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WATER; FLAME RETARDANT; FLUOROCARBON; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONAMIDE; WATER POLLUTANT;

AIRPORT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCONCENTRATION FACTOR; BODY BURDEN; BODY WEIGHT; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; LAKE; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PERCA FLUVIATILIS; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SEDIMENT; SEDIMENT PARTITION COEFFICIENT; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISH; METABOLISM; PROCEDURES; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANT;

PERCA FLUVIATILIS;

AIRPORTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FLUOROCARBON POLYMERS; FLUOROCARBONS; GEOLOGIC SEDIMENTS; SULFONAMIDES; SWEDEN; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

EID: 84926408157     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2014.03.136     Document Type: Article

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