Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) levels in an expanded market basket survey of U.S. food and estimated PBDE dietary intake by age and sex

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 1515-1520

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Päpke, Olaf ^b   Harris, T Robert ^a   Tung, K C ^a   Musumba, Alice ^a   Olson, James ^c   Birnbaum, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY AT BUFFALO   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age; Dietary intake; Market basket survey; PBDEs; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Sex

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY WEIGHT; CANNED FOOD; CHILD; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INFANT; MALE; MEAT; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATA COLLECTION; ETHERS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MEAT PRODUCTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

CLUPEIDAE;

EID: 33749435623     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9121     Document Type: Article

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