Levels and congener specific profiles of PBDEs in human breast milk from China: Implication on exposure sources and pathways

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1661-1668

  Sudaryanto, Agus ^a   Kajiwara, Natsuko ^a   Tsydenova, Oyuna V ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a   Yu, Hongxia ^b   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

China; Congener profiles; Exposure sources and pathways; Human breast milk; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; COASTAL ZONES; LOCATION;

CHINA; CONGENER PROFILES; EXPOSURE SOURCES AND PATHWAYS; HUMAN BREAST MILK; PBDES;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,4',5',6 OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6 NONABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,4',5,5',6,6' DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,3',4,4',6,6' OCTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5',6 HEPTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,6' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',6 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,4,4' TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 4,4' DIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOAVAILABILITY; COASTAL ZONE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOAVAILABILITY; BREAST MILK; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NORTH AMERICA; POLLUTION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRIMIPARA;

ADULT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; YOUNG ADULT;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JIANGSU; NANJING [JIANGSU]; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

EID: 54549122336     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.088     Document Type: Article

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