Secular trends and geographical variations in the dietary intake of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) using archived samples from the early 1980s and mid 1990s in Japan

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 236-241

  Wada, Yasuhiko ^a   Koizumi, Akio ^b   Yoshinaga, Takeo ^b   Harada, Kouji ^b   Inoue, Kayoko ^b   Morikawa, Akiko ^b   Muroi, Junko ^b   Inoue, Sumiko ^b   Eslami, Bita ^b   Hirosawa, Iwao ^c   Hirosawa, Akitsu ^d   Fujii, Shigeo ^e   Fujimine, Yoshinori ^f   Hachiya, Noriyuki ^g   Koda, Shigeki ^h   Kusaka, Yukinori ⁱ   Murata, Katsuyuki ^j   Nakatsuka, Haruo ^k   Omae, Kazuyuki ^l   Saito, Norimitsu ^m   Shimbo, Shinichiro ⁿ   Takenaka, Katsunobu ^o   Takeshita, Tatsuya ^p   Todoriki, Hidemi ^q   Watanabe, Takao ^r   Ikeda, Masayuki ^s   more..

^a HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANSAI UNIVERSITY OF WELFARE SCIENCES   (Japan)

^d Ogori Makihara Hospital   (Japan)

^e KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR MINAMATA DISEASE   (Japan)

^h KOCHI MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Japan)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FUKUI   (Japan)

^j AKITA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^k MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^l KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^m Iwate Research Institute for Environmental and Public Health   (Japan)

ⁿ KYOTO WOMEN'S UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^o Takayama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^p WAKAYAMA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^q UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

^r MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^s KYOTO INDUSTRIAL HEALTH ASSOCIATION   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Congener pattern; Exposure; Food; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Regional variation; Retrospective study; Sample bank

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',6 PENTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; COMMUNITY CARE; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROWTH; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADULT; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHERS; FEMALE; FOOD; GEOGRAPHY; HUMANS; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 21044442005     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.47.236     Document Type: Review

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