A review on current knowledge and future prospects of organohalogen contaminants (OHCs) in Asian birds

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 542, Issue , 2016, Pages 411-426

  Abbasi, Naeem Akhtar ^a   Malik, Riffat Naseem ^a   Frantz, Adrien ^b   Jaspers, Veerle Leontina Bernard ^c  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

^c NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Asian birds; Contamination; Emerging FRs; Legacy POPs; Organohalogens

Indexed keywords

BIRDS; CHEMICALS; CONTAMINATION; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HISTOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL CHEMICALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

1 ,2-BIS(2 ,4 ,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY) ETHANE; ASIAN BIRD; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; LEGACY POPS; ORGANOHALOGENS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ALDRIN; CHLORPHENOTANE; DECHLORANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LINDANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 1,2-BIS(2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; BROMOBENZENE; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLLUTANT;

BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION; MOBILITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOHALOGEN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ASIAN BIRD; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRD; CHINA; COCK (BIRD); DIET; GALLICREX CINEREA; INDIA; INDUSTRIALIZATION; JAPAN; LEACHING; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MIGRANT BIRD; NONHUMAN; PAGOPHILA EBURNEA; POLLUTANT; POLLUTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SONGBIRD; SOUTH KOREA; URBANIZATION; ANIMAL; ASIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM;

ASIA;

AVES;

ANIMALS; ASIA; BIRDS; BROMOBENZENES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84946203823     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.10.088     Document Type: Review

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