Body burdens of brominated flame retardants and other persistent organo-halogenated compounds and their descriptors in US girls

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 251-257

  Windham, Gayle C ^a   Pinney, Susan M ^b   Sjodin, Andreas ^c   Lum, Raymond ^d   Jones, Richard S ^c   Needham, Larry L ^c   Biro, Frank M ^b   Hiatt, Robert A ^e   Kushi, Lawrence H ^f  

^a CA Department of Public Health   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^d IMPACT ASSESSMENT INC   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Children; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides; Puberty

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMARKER; BROMINE; CHILD HEALTH; HALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

BODY BURDEN; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; OHIO; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; OHIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77649233381     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.01.004     Document Type: Article

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