Polybromodiphenyl ethers in mothers and their newborns from a non-occupationally exposed population (Valencia, Spain)

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Vizcaino, Esther ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Lopez Espinosa, Maria José ^b,c,d   Llop, Sabrina ^b,c   Rebagliato, Marisa ^b,c   Ballester, Ferran ^b,c  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b Center for Public Health Research CSISP   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cord serum; Maternal determinants; Maternal serum; Newborns; Polybromodiphenyl ethers; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ETHERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; URBAN GROWTH;

CORD SERUM; MATERNAL DETERMINANTS; MATERNAL SERUM; NEWBORNS; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE;

BODY FLUIDS;

BDE 153; BDE 154; BDE 209; BDE 47; BDE 99; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; MATERNAL HEALTH; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; URBAN SOCIETY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SPAIN; SUBURBAN AREA; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; URBAN AREA;

EID: 78349310913     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.011     Document Type: Article

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