| pcdds/pcdfs, pcbs, and organochlorine pesticides in eggs of eurasian sparrowhawks (accipiter nisus), hobbies (falco subbuteo), and northern goshawks (accipiter gentilis) collected in the area of berlin-brandenburg, germany. | concentrations of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (pcdds), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (pcdfs), polychlorinated biphenyls (pcbs), and organochlorine (oc) pesticides were measured in unsuccessfully hatched eggs of three different kinds of predatory birds: 3 eggs of sparrowhawks, 7 eggs of hobbies, and 16 eggs of goshawks collected in the german region of berlin-brandenburg. using toxic equivalency factors for birds, eggs of hobbies contained mean concentrations of 478 pg teq/g fat and 551 pg ... | 2002 | 11994791 |