Brominated flame retardants and other organochlorine pollutants in human adipose tissue samples from the Czech Republic

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Pulkrabová, Jana ^a   Hrádková, Petra ^a   Hajšlová, Jana ^a   Poustka, Jan ^a   Nápravníková, Michaela ^a   Poláček, Václav ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL TECHNOLOGY   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Brominated flame retardants; Czech Republic; Human exposure; Organohalogen pollutants

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN EXPOSURES; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 56949090427     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.08.001     Document Type: Article

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