PMID- 21700299
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20111114
LR  - 20121115
IS  - 1879-3363 (Electronic)
IS  - 0025-326X (Linking)
VI  - 62
IP  - 8
DP  - 2011 Aug
TI  - The occurrence of chemical elements and POPs in loggerhead turtles (Caretta 
      caretta): an overview.
PG  - 1606-15
LID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.022 [doi]
AB  - Chemical elements and persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are globally present 
      in aquatic systems and their potential transfer to loggerhead marine turtles 
      (Caretta caretta) has become a serious threat for their health status. The 
      environmental fate of these xenobiotics may be traced by the analysis of turtles' 
      tissues and blood. Generally, loggerhead turtles exhibited a higher metal load 
      than other turtle species, this could be explained by differences in diet habits 
      being food the main source of exposure. Literature shows that muscle, liver and 
      kidney are most considered for the quantification of chemical elements, while, 
      organic compounds are typically investigated in liver and fat. This paper is an 
      overview of the international studies carried out on the quantification of 
      chemical elements, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), organochlorines (OCs) and 
      perfluorinated compounds (PFCs), in tissues, organs and fluids of C. caretta from 
      the Mediterranean Sea, the Atlantic and the Pacific Oceans.
CI  - Copyright (c) 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
FAU - D'Ilio, S
AU  - D'Ilio S
AD  - Italian National Institute for Health, Department of Primary Prevention, Viale 
      Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy. sonia.dilio@iss.it
FAU - Mattei, D
AU  - Mattei D
FAU - Blasi, M F
AU  - Blasi MF
FAU - Alimonti, A
AU  - Alimonti A
FAU - Bogialli, S
AU  - Bogialli S
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Review
DEP - 20110622
PL  - England
TA  - Mar Pollut Bull
JT  - Marine pollution bulletin
JID - 0260231
RN  - 0 (Organic Chemicals)
RN  - 0 (Plastics)
RN  - 0 (Water Pollutants, Chemical)
SB  - IM
MH  - Animals
MH  - *Environmental Monitoring
MH  - Oceans and Seas
MH  - Organic Chemicals/*analysis/pharmacokinetics
MH  - Plastics/*analysis/pharmacokinetics
MH  - Tissue Distribution
MH  - Turtles/*metabolism
MH  - Water Pollutants, Chemical/*analysis/pharmacokinetics
EDAT- 2011/06/28 06:00
MHDA- 2011/11/15 06:00
CRDT- 2011/06/25 06:00
PHST- 2011/03/15 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2011/05/11 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2011/05/20 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2011/06/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2011/06/28 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2011/11/15 06:00 [medline]
AID - S0025-326X(11)00286-4 [pii]
AID - 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.022 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Mar Pollut Bull. 2011 Aug;62(8):1606-15. doi: 10.1016/j.marpolbul.2011.05.022. 
      Epub 2011 Jun 22.