Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and persistent organochlorines in Japanese human adipose tissues

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1048-1056

  Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Takayanagi, Nozomi ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Nose, Masato ^b   Yamada, Taketo ^c   Komori, Hiroaki ^b   Arita, Norimasa ^b   Ueda, Norifumi ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KEIO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Human adipose tissue; Japan; OCs; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CHLORINE; ETHERS; FISH; TISSUE;

HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

BDE 153; BDE 209; BDE47; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; FAT; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 34748908020     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.06.006     Document Type: Article

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