Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the serum and breast milk of the resident population from production area, China

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1048-1052

  Jin, Jun ^a,b   Wang, Ying ^b   Yang, Congqiao ^b   Hu, Jicheng ^b   Liu, Weizhi ^b   Cui, Jian ^b   Tang, Xiaoyan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b MINZU UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Breast milk; China; Human exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Serum; Source area

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ETHERS; HEALTH RISKS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

BREAST MILK; CHINA; HUMAN EXPOSURES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SERUM; SOURCE AREA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BODY FLUID; HEALTH RISK; MILK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; LAIZHOU BAY; SHANDONG;

EID: 68049092930     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.05.006     Document Type: Article

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