Determinants of brominated flame retardants in breast milk from a large scale Norwegian study

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 68-74

  Thomsen, Cathrine ^a   Stigum, Hein ^a   Frøshaug, May ^a   Broadwell, Sharon L ^a   Becher, Georg ^a,b   Eggesbø, Merete ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Breast milk; Brominated flame retardants; HBCD; Human exposure; PBDE

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOMONITORING; BREAST MILK; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCD; HUMAN EXPOSURES; PBDE;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INDOOR AIR; LIFESTYLE; MILK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; VENTILATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; EMPLOYMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LIFESTYLE; MATERNAL AGE; NORWAY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 71549168299     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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