Tetrabromobisphenol-A, hexabromocyclododecane and its degradation products in UK human milk: Relationship to external exposure

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 443-448

  Abdallah, Mohamed Abou Elwafa ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^b  

^a Assiut University   (Egypt)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degradation products; HBCD; Human breast milk; Human exposure; TBBP A

Indexed keywords

ENANTIOSELECTIVITY;

DEGRADATION PRODUCTS; HBCD; HUMAN BREAST MILKS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; TBBP-A;

DEGRADATION;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; PENTABROMOCYCLODODECENE DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TETRABROMOCYCLODODECADIEN DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ABSORPTION; DEGRADATION; EXCRETION; METABOLISM; MILK;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; DIETARY INTAKE; DUST EXPOSURE; ENANTIOSELECTIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

BIRMINGHAM [ENGLAND]; ENGLAND; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 78751617188     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.11.008     Document Type: Article

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