Exposure assessment of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) in umbilical cord blood of Korean infants

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 72, Issue 21-22, 2009, Pages 1318-1326

  Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Lee, Young Jun ^a   Lee, Ena ^a   Patra, Nabanita ^a   Lee, Jaewon ^a   Kwack, Seung Jun ^b   Kim, Kyu Bong ^b   Chung, Ki Kyung ^b   Han, Soon Young ^b   Han, Jeung Yeul ^c   Lee, Byung Mu ^d   Kim, Hyung Sik ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^c Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^d Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; BLOOD PLACENTA BARRIER; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NORTH AMERICA; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTH KOREA; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; ADULT; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; FETUS BLOOD; NEWBORN; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LIPIDS; PREGNANCY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; THYROID HORMONES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75749111024     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390903212436     Document Type: Article

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