Elevated PBDE levels in pet cats: Sentinels for humans?

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 18, 2007, Pages 6350-6356

  Dye, Janice A ^a   Venier, Marta ^b   Zhu, Lingyan ^b,d   Ward, Cynthia R ^c   Hites, Ronald A ^b   Birnbaum, Linda S ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^d NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISEASES; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METABOLISM; RISK ANALYSIS;

CLINICAL INFORMATION; FELINE HYPERTHYROIDISM;

ETHERS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DISEASES; ETHERS; HEALTH CARE; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; METABOLISM; RISK ANALYSIS;

DIET; FELID; INGESTION RATE; METABOLISM; PBDE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANNED FOOD; CAT; HEALTH STATUS; METABOLISM; NONHUMAN;

ANIMAL FEED; ANIMALS; CAT DISEASES; CATS; DRUG RESIDUES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

FELIDAE;

EID: 34548799165     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0708159     Document Type: Article

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