Dietary exposure assessment of Chinese adults and nursing infants to tetrabromobisphenol-A and hexabromocyclododecanes: Occurrence measurements in foods and human milk

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 4314-4319

  Shi, Zhi Xiong ^a,b   Wu, Yong Ning ^a,b   Li, Jing Guang ^a   Zhao, Yun Feng ^a   Feng, Jin Fang ^b  

^a CHINESE CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BODYWEIGHT; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIASTEREOISOMERS; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIETARY INTAKES; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HUMAN MILK; MEAT PRODUCTS; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; ULTRA PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; UPLC-MS/MS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NURSING;

LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIPID; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A;

ADULT; BODY MASS; BROMINE COMPOUND; DATA SET; DIET; FOOD INTAKE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEAT; MILK; PHENOL; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHINESE; DIASTEREOISOMER; DIETARY INTAKE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD; HUMAN; INFANCY; INFANT; ISOMER; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MEAT; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MILK; NURSING; POPULATION;

CHINA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67449116581     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es8035626     Document Type: Article

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