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Environmental Sciences

D-Index
74
Citations
14864
World Ranking
1369
National Ranking
40

Best Publications

  • Distribution and Fate of HBCD and TBBPA Brominated Flame Retardants in North Sea Estuaries and Aquatic Food Webs

    Steven Morris;Colin R. Allchin;Bart N. Zegers;Joris J. H. Haftka

  • Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in influents, suspended particulate matter, sediments, sewage treatment plant and effluents and biota from the Netherlands.

    Jacob de Boer;Peter G. Wester;Aschwin van der Horst;Pim E.G. Leonards

  • Competitive binding of poly- and perfluorinated compounds to the thyroid hormone transport protein transthyretin.

    Jana M. Weiss;Patrik L. Andersson;Marja H. Lamoree;Pim E. G. Leonards

  • A review of semi-volatile organic compounds (SVOCs) in the indoor environment: occurrence in consumer products, indoor air and dust

    Luisa Lucattini;Giulia Poma;Adrian Covaci;Jacob de Boer

  • Indoor Contamination with Hexabromocyclododecanes, Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers, and Perfluoroalkyl Compounds: An Important Exposure Pathway for People?

    Stuart Harrad;Cynthia A. de Wit;Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah;Caroline Bergh

  • Chlorinated paraffins in the environment: A review on their production, fate, levels and trends between 2010 and 2015.

    Louise M. van Mourik;Louise M. van Mourik;Caroline Gaus;Pim E.G. Leonards;Jacob de Boer

  • Tracing organophosphorus and brominated flame retardants and plasticizers in an estuarine food web.

    Sicco H. Brandsma;Pim E.G. Leonards;Heather A. Leslie;Jacob de Boer

  • Concentration-dependent changes of PCB patterns in fish-eating mammals: structural evidence for induction of cytochrome P450

    J. P. Boon;J. van der Meer;C. R. Allchin;R. J. Law

  • A 28-day oral dose toxicity study enhanced to detect endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane in wistar rats

    Leo T. M. van der Ven;Aart Verhoef;Ton van de Kuil;Wout Slob

  • Organophosphorus flame retardants (PFRs) and plasticizers in house and car dust and the influence of electronic equipment.

    Sicco H. Brandsma;Jacob de Boer;Martin J.M. van Velzen;Pim E.G. Leonards

  • European demonstration program on the effect-based and chemical identification and monitoring of organic pollutants in European surface waters

    Zuzana Toušová;Peter Oswald;Jaroslav Slobodník;Luděk Bláha

  • Endocrine effects of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in Wistar rats as tested in a one-generation reproduction study and a subacute toxicity study

    Leo T.M. Van der Ven;Ton Van de Kuil;Aart Verhoef;Cynthia M. Verwer

  • Application of biomarkers for exposure and effect of polyhalogenated aromatic hydrocarbons in naturally exposed European otters (Lutra lutra).

    A.J. Murk;P.E.G. Leonards;B. van Hattum;R. Luit

  • Early-life exposure to persistent organic pollutants (OCPs, PBDEs, PCBs, PFASs) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder : A multi-pollutant analysis of a Norwegian birth cohort

    Virissa Lenters;Nina Iszatt;Joan Forns;Eliška Čechová

  • High-resolution separation of polychlorinated biphenyls by comprehensive two-dimensional gas chromatography.

    Peter Korytár;P.E.G Leonards;J de Boer;U.A.Th Brinkman

  • Properties, performance and associated hazards of state-of-the-art durable water repellent (DWR) chemistry for textile finishing

    H. Holmquist;Steffen Schellenberger;I. van der Veen;G. M. Peters

  • Masking effect of anti-androgens on androgenic activity in European river sediment unveiled by effect-directed analysis

    Jana M. Weiss;Timo Hamers;Kevin V. Thomas;Sander van der Linden

  • Toxicity of tetrabromobisphenol A (TBBPA) in zebrafish (Danio rerio) in a partial life-cycle test.

    R. V. Kuiper;E. J. van den Brandhof;P. E. G. Leonards;L. T. M. van der Ven

  • Determination of organotin compounds in the foodweb of a shallow freshwater lake in the Netherlands.

    J.A. Stäb;T.P. Traas;G. Stroomberg;J. van Kesteren

  • Endocrine effects of hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) in a one-generation reproduction study in Wistar rats

    Leo T.M. van der Ven;Ton van de Kuil;Pim E.G. Leonards;Wout Slob

Frequent Co-Authors

J. de Boer
J. de Boer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Jacob de Boer
Jacob de Boer Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Peter Haglund
Peter Haglund Umeå University
Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah
Mohamed Abou-Elwafa Abdallah University of Birmingham
Karin Wiberg
Karin Wiberg Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
Leo Goeyens
Leo Goeyens Vrije Universiteit Brussel
Cynthia A. de Wit
Cynthia A. de Wit Stockholm University
Esteban Abad
Esteban Abad Spanish National Research Council
Miriam L. Diamond
Miriam L. Diamond University of Toronto
Stuart Harrad
Stuart Harrad University of Birmingham

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