Determination of dechlorane plus in serum from electronics dismantling workers in South China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 43, Issue 24, 2009, Pages 9453-9457

  Ren, Guofa ^a,b   Yu, Zhiqiang ^a   Ma, Shengtao ^a,b   Li, Huiru ^a   Peng, Pingan ^a   Sheng, Guoying ^a   Fu, Jiamo ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; DECHLORINATION PRODUCTS; E-WASTE; HUMAN SERUM; PEARSON'S CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM CONCENTRATION; SERUM LEVELS; SERUM SAMPLES; SOUTH CHINA; STEREOSELECTIVE MANNER;

BODY FLUIDS; DECHLORINATION; ETHERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE);

DYNAMIC POSITIONING;

DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CORRELATION; DECHLORINATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIPID; METABOLISM; SAMPLING; SERUM;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DECHLORINATION; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FISHING; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; INDUSTRY; METABOLISM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; CHINA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCYCLIC COMPOUNDS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 72849126860     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es901672m     Document Type: Article

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