Exposure of Hong Kong residents to PBDEs and their structural analogues through market fish consumption

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 192, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 374-380

  Wang, Hong Sheng ^a,b   Du, Jun ^b   Ho, Ka Lok ^c   Leung, Ho man ^a   Lam, Michael Hon Wah ^c   Giesy, John P ^c,d   Wong, Chris Kong Chu ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bromophenols; Dietary intake; Fish; Hong Kong; Hydroxylated; Methoxylated; PBDE

Indexed keywords

BINARY ALLOYS; COMMERCE; FISH; HYDROXYLATION; NUTRITION; POTASSIUM ALLOYS; URANIUM ALLOYS;

BROMOPHENOLS; DIETARY INTAKES; HONG-KONG; HYDROXYLATED; METHOXYLATED; PBDE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HYDROXYLATED BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; METHOXYLATED BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD MARKET; HEALTH RISK; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MARINE SPECIES; MARKET; NONHUMAN; SPAIN; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79959715321     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2011.05.036     Document Type: Article

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