Novel brominated flame retardants and dechlorane plus in Greenland air and biota

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 284-291

  Vorkamp, Katrin ^a   Bossi, Rossana ^a   Rigét, Frank F ^a   Skov, Henrik ^a   Sonne, Christian ^a   Dietz, Rune ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Air monitoring; Bioaccumulation; Long range transport; Polar bears; Ringed seals; Seabirds

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; ETHANE; ETHERS; MAMMALS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

AIR MONITORING; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; POLAR BEARS; RINGED SEALS; SEABIRDS;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

1,2 BIS (2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; 2 ETHYLHEXYL 2,3,4,5 TETRABROMOBENZOATE; 2,3 DIBROMOPROPYL 2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BIS (2 ETHYLHEXYL)TETRABROMOPHTHALATE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DECHLORANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,3-DIBROMOPROPYL-2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENYL ETHER; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DECHLORANE PLUS; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; GAS; POLLUTANT; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR QUALITY; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTA; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FLAME RETARDANT; LONG RANGE TRANSPORT; PBDE; SEABIRD;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR QUALITY; ARTICLE; BIOTA; BIRD; BLACK GUILLEMOT; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GLAUCOUS GULL; GREENLAND; INDICATOR ORGANISM; NONHUMAN; PINNIPEDIA; POLAR BEAR; WILD ANIMAL; AIR; ANALYSIS; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; HALOGENATION; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT;

ARCTIC; GREENLAND;

CEPPHUS GRYLLE; LARUS HYPERBOREUS; PHOCA HISPIDA; URSUS MARITIMUS;

AIR; ATMOSPHERE; BIOTA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GASES; GREENLAND; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84937424177     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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