Organophosphorus flame retardants in the European eel in Flanders, Belgium: Occurrence, fate and human health risk

Environmental Research

Volumn 140, Issue , 2015, Pages 604-610

  Malarvannan, Govindan ^a   Belpaire, Claude ^b   Geeraerts, Caroline ^b   Eulaers, Igor ^a   Neels, Hugo ^a   Covaci, Adrian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE FOR NATURE AND FOREST INBO   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgium; European eel; Flanders; Human exposure; PFRs

Indexed keywords

2 ETHYLHEXYL DIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; FLAME RETARDANT; FRESH WATER; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIPID; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANT; PLASTICIZER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRIPHENYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 1,3 DICHLORO 2 PROPYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 2 BUTOXYETHYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 2 CHLOROETHYL PHOSPHATE; TRIS 2 CHLOROISOPROPYL PHOSPHATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUND; WATER POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; CATCHMENT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISPERSANT; EEL; FRESHWATER ENVIRONMENT; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; MUSCLE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INGESTION; INHALATION; MUSCLE LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER BASIN; WATER CONTAMINATION; WATER POLLUTION; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; EEL; EPIDEMIOLOGY; TOXICITY; WATER POLLUTANT;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ANGUILLA ANGUILLA;

ANIMALS; BELGIUM; EELS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; ORGANOPHOSPHORUS COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WATER POLLUTANTS;

EID: 84930959930     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.05.021     Document Type: Article

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