Diet contributes significantly to the body burden of PBDEs in the general U.S. population

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1520-1525

  Fraser, Alicia J ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a  

^a BUSPH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Diet; Exposure; NHANES; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OMNIVORE; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RECALL; RED MEAT; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; VEGETARIAN;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DIET; DIET, VEGETARIAN; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70449572705     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0900817     Document Type: Article

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