Brominated flame retardants in fish and shellfish - Levels and contribution of fish consumption to dietary exposure of Dutch citizens to HBCD

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 194-203

  Van Leeuwen, Stefan P J ^a,b   De Boer, Jacob ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Fish; Hexabromocyclododecane; Human exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Tetrabromobisphenol A

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIET; ELECTROSPRAY MASS SPECTROMETRY; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NETHERLANDS; SHELLFISH; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ANIMALS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; DIET; FISHES; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; NETHERLANDS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; SHELLFISH; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION;

EID: 40649108641     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.200700207     Document Type: Article

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