Brominated flame retardants in serum from the general population in Northern China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 6963-6968

  Zhu, Lingyan ^a   Ma, Baoling ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^b  

^a NANKAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CONGENER CONCENTRATIONS; GENERAL POPULATION; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; NORTHERN CHINA; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM SAMPLES; TIANJIN , CHINA; UNIVERSITY STUDENTS;

BODY FLUIDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHANE; ETHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FLAME RETARDANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2 BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXY)ETHANE; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; ETHANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PENTABROMOETHYLBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BROMINE; CHEMICAL ELEMENT; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; LIPID; MEASUREMENT METHOD; POLLUTION EFFECT; SAMPLING; SERUM; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BROMINATION; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; OFFICE WORKER; POLICE; POPULATION RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY STUDENT;

ADULT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70349152943     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901296t     Document Type: Article

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