Exposure assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in Mexican children

Chemosphere

Volumn 75, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 1215-1220

  Pérez Maldonado, Iván N ^a,b   Ramírez Jiménez, María del Rocio ^f   Martínez Arévalo, Laura P ^a   López Guzmán, O Dania ^c   Athanasiadou, Maria ^d   Bergman, Åke ^d   Yarto Ramírez, Mario ^e   Gavilán García, Arturo ^e   Yáñez, Leticia ^a   Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^d STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e Secretaria de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales Mexico   (Mexico)

^f INSTITUTO POLITÉCNICO NACIONAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

BDE 47; Children; Flame retardants; Mexico; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

BDE-47; BLOOD SERUMS; CHILDREN; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; MEXICO; MUNICIPAL LANDFILLS; PBDES; PLASMA SAMPLES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; URBAN AREAS;

ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAMMABILITY; LAND FILL; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RURAL AREAS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PBDE; URBAN AREA;

ARTICLE; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MEXICO; POPULATION EXPOSURE; SERUM; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MEXICO;

EID: 67349157684     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.01.083     Document Type: Article

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