Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in paired samples of maternal and umbilical cord blood plasma and associations with house dust in a Danish cohort

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 213, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 233-242

  Frederiksen, Marie ^a,b,e   Thomsen, Cathrine ^c   Frøshaug, May ^c   Vorkamp, Katrin ^b   Thomsen, Marianne ^b   Becher, Georg ^c,d   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^e AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardant; Dust; Human exposure; PBDE; Placenta; Umbilical cord blood

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETOMATERNAL TRANSFUSION; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY;

COHORT STUDIES; DENMARK; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; PREGNANCY;

EID: 77954861894     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2010.04.008     Document Type: Article

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