Serum concentrations of neutral and phenolic organohalogens in pregnant women and some of their infants in the Netherlands

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 3428-3433

  Meijer, Lisethe ^a   Weiss, Jana ^b   Van Velzen, Martin ^c   Beouwer, Abraham ^c   Bergman, A K E ^b   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORD SERUMS; EUROPEAN UNIONS; HEALTH IMPACTS; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; INFANT DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL SERUMS; MEDIAN VALUES; NETHERLANDS; ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS; ORGANOHALOGENS; POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PREGNANT WOMAN; SERUM CONCENTRATIONS;

ELECTRIC CIRCUIT BREAKERS; ETHERS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXYLATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

BODY FLUIDS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIPID; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5 BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; HALOGEN; HEXABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; PENTABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 100; PHENOL; TETRABROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ECOTOXICOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HALOGEN; MATERNAL HEALTH; PREGNANCY; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL SERUM; NETHERLANDS; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MALE; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; PLACENTA;

ADULT; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HALOGENS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; NETHERLANDS; PHENOL; PHENYL ETHERS; PLACENTA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY;

EID: 52049112581     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es702446p     Document Type: Article

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