Higher accumulation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in infants than in adults

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 19, 2008, Pages 7510-7515

  Toms, Leisa Maree L ^a   Harden, Fiona ^b   Paepke, Olaf ^c   Hobson, Peter ^d   Ryan, John Jake ^e   Mueller, Jochen F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^d Sullivan Nicolaides Pathology   (Australia)

^e Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POLYACRYLATES; DUST;

POLY-BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SERUM SAMPLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME PERIODS;

ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ACCUMULATION; ADULT; BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AIR ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CHILD; CLEARANCE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INFANT; INGESTION; INHALATION; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MEASUREMENT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; QUALITY CONTROL; REPRODUCIBILITY; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BREAST FEEDING; CALIBRATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; LABORATORIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; YOUNG ADULT;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA;

TETRA;

BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; GENDER-SPECIFIC DIFFERENCES; MATERNAL TRANSFER; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM SAMPLES; STANDARD DEVIATION; TIME-PERIODS;

EID: 54749108357     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es800719v     Document Type: Article

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