Brominated diphenyl ether (BDE) levels in liver, adipose, and milk from adult and juvenile rats exposed by gavage to the DE-71 technical mixture

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 677-690

  Bondy, G S ^a   Gaertner, D ^a   Cherry, W ^a   Maclellan, E ^a   Coady, L ^a   Arnold, D L ^a   Doucet, J ^a   Rowsell, P R ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated diphenyl ether; DE 71; Flame retardant; Milk; Rat

Indexed keywords

BODY WEIGHT; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; CONGENER ANALYSIS; CONGENER PROFILES; DE-71; FEMALE RAT; HIGH CAPACITY; HIGH DOSE; HUMAN LIVER; MILK; RAT TISSUE; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; TECHNICAL MIXTURES; TISSUE CONCENTRATIONS; TISSUE PROFILES;

ANIMALS; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUIDS; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HISTOLOGY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGY; POLYACRYLATES; TISSUE;

RATS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROXINE;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; ETHER; EXCRETION; FAT; JUVENILE; LACTATION; MILK; MIMICRY; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; REPRODUCTIVE STATUS; RODENT; SERUM; WEIGHT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREEDING; FEMALE; LACTATION; LIVER; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MILK; NONHUMAN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUP (RODENT); RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RAT; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; TISSUE CULTURE; WILDLIFE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ANIMALS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; LIVER; MALE; MILK; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; THYROID GLAND;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS; RODENTIA;

EID: 79958826537     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: 15227278     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20603     Document Type: Article

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