Dietary exposure to brominated flame retardants correlates with male blood levels in a selected group of Norwegians with a wide range of seafood consumption

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 217-227

  Knutsen, Helle K ^a,b   Kvalem, Helen E ^a   Thomsen, Cathrine ^a   Frøshaug, May ^a   Haugen, Margaretha ^a   Becher, Georg ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Meltzer, Helle M ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Division for Environmental Medicine   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood; Exposure; Food; Hexabromocyclododecane; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TETRABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; DIET; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; SEA FOOD;

DIET; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MALE; NORWAY; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SEAFOOD;

EID: 40349116566     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700096     Document Type: Article

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