Concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls, and polychlorobiphenylols in serum from pregnant faroese women and their children 7 years later

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 24, 2005, Pages 9457-9463

  Fängström, Britta ^a   Hovander, Lotta ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Athanassiadis, Ioannis ^a   Linderholm, Linda ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,d   Weihe, Pál ^c,e   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONGENER CONCENTRATIONS; CONGENER PATTERNS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDE); SEAFOOD;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,3',4',5 PENTACHLORO 4 BIPHENYLOL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLOROBIPHENYLOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAROE ISLANDS; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXICOKINETICS; TOXIN ANALYSIS; VERTICAL TRANSMISSION;

CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SEAFOOD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 29244453973     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0513032     Document Type: Article

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