Congener-specific body burden levels and possible determinants of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in the general Japanese population

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 706-712

  Uemura, Hirokazu ^a   Arisawa, Kokichi ^a   Hiyoshi, Mineyoshi ^a   Dakeshita, Satoru ^a   Kitayama, Atsushi ^a   Takami, Hidenobu ^a   Sawachika, Fusakazu ^a   Yamaguchi, Miwa ^a   Sasai, Shuhei ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKUSHIMA   (Japan)

^b IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Cross sectional study; Environmental exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

ATOMS; BROMINE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; ETHERS; FISH; FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS; UNSATURATED FATTY ACIDS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; EICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID (EPA) AND DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID (DHA); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEYS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; ARACHIDONIC ACID; DIHOMO GAMMA LINOLENIC ACID; DOCOSAHEXAENOIC ACID; ICOSAPENTAENOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

HEALTH IMPACT; PBDE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPANESE; LIFESTYLE; SEX DIFFERENCE; URBAN AREA;

JAPAN;

EID: 77950627210     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.02.050     Document Type: Article

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