Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated naphthalenes and polycyclic musks in human fat from Italy: Comparison to polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 158, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 599-606

  Schiavone, Alessandra ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b   Horii, Yuichi ^b   Focardi, Silvano ^a   Corsolini, Simonetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SIENA   (Italy)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Human fat; Italy; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated naphthalenes; Polycyclic musks

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE; HUMAN TISSUES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; ORGANOHALOGEN POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; POLYCYCLIC MUSKS;

ETHERS; MUSKEG; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; GALAXOLIDE; HEPTACHLOR; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; METHOXYCHLOR; MITOTANE; MUSK; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; TONALIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ETHER; LIPID; PBDE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EFFECT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION MONITORING; ITALY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUALITY CONTROL; SOXHLET EXTRACTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FATTY ACIDS, MONOUNSATURATED; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; ITALY; NAPHTHALENES; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ITALY;

EID: 74449091645     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2009.08.011     Document Type: Article

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