Polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in foodstuffs collected from three locations from the United States

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 243, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 217-224

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Colacino, Justin ^b   Patel, Keyur ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c   Yun, Se Hun ^c   Haffner, Darrah ^d   Harris, T Robert ^a   Birnbaum, Linda ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

California; New York; PBDE intake; Texas; United States food

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIET; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; POULTRY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SWINE; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATTLE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; HUMANS; MALE; MEAT; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POULTRY; SWINE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949407431     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: 10960333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.taap.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

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