Significantly higher polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in young U.S. children than in their mothers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5256-5262

  Lunder, Sonya ^a   Hovander, Lotta ^b   Athanassiadis, Ioannis ^b   Bergman, Åke ^b  

^a Environmental Working Group   (United States)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING STUDIES; BLOOD SAMPLES; BREAST MILK; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; EARLY LIFE; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; FIRE RETARDANT; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SELECTED ION MONITORING; YOUNG CHILDREN;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYACRYLATES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD HEALTH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CHILDBIRTH; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; INGESTION; ION MONITORING; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MOTHER; MOUTH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTHERS; RISK; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 77954285513     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1009357     Document Type: Article

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