Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in South China maternal and fetal blood and breast milk

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 144, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1024-1030

  Bi, Xinhui ^a   Qu, Weiyue ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a,b   Zhang, Wenbing ^a   Mai, Bixian ^a   Chen, Dunjin ^c   Yu, Lin ^c   Fu, Jiamo ^a,b  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Guangdong Provincial Lung Cancer Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

Breast milk; China; Contamination; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Serum

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILKS; CHINA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM;

CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PROTEINS;

BLOOD;

2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6' DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5',6 HEPTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLORODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,6' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',6 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,4,4' TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH IMPACT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; PBDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GRAVIMETRY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL SERUM; MILK LEVEL; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 33748423823     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2005.12.056     Document Type: Article

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