Polybrominated diphenyl ethers contamination of United States food

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 38, Issue 20, 2004, Pages 5306-5311

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Päpke, Olaf ^b   Tung, Kuang Chi ^a   Staskal, Daniele ^c   Birnbaum, Linda ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ERGO Research Laboratory   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; DAIRY PRODUCTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; MARKETING; MEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

CONGENERS; HALOGENATED COMPOUNDS; SUPERMARKETS; TOXICOLOGY;

ETHERS;

ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

FOOD CONSUMPTION; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; DAIRY PRODUCT; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD QUALITY; FOOD SAFETY; MARKET; MEAT; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES;

DAIRY PRODUCTS; EGGS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT FORMULA; MEAT; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 6044239463     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es0490830     Document Type: Article

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