Concept information
Preferred term
Persistent Organic Pollutants
Type
-
mesh:Descriptor
Definition
- Toxic chemicals that persist for long periods of time in the ENVIRONMENT and that contaminate ECOSYSTEMS where they are released and where they are transported to by wind, water, and the FOOD CHAIN.
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Persistent Organic Pollutant
Allowable Qualifier(s)
- adverse effects (Qualifier)
- blood (Qualifier)
- cerebrospinal fluid (Qualifier)
- chemical synthesis (Qualifier)
- chemistry (Qualifier)
- classification (Qualifier)
- economics (Qualifier)
- history (Qualifier)
- immunology (Qualifier)
- isolation & purification (Qualifier)
- metabolism (Qualifier)
- pharmacokinetics (Qualifier)
- pharmacology (Qualifier)
- poisoning (Qualifier)
- radiation effects (Qualifier)
- standards (Qualifier)
- supply & distribution (Qualifier)
- toxicity (Qualifier)
- urine (Qualifier)
In other languages
URI
http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-H0PGZ8VN-9
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