Human maternal and umbilical cord blood concentrations of polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1301-1309

  Foster, Warren G ^a   Gregorovich, Sandra ^a   Morrison, Katherine M ^a   Atkinson, Stephanie A ^a   Kubwabo, Cariton ^b   Stewart, Brian ^b   Teo, Koon ^a  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Exposure and Biomonitoring Division   (Canada)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Exposure; Fetus; Polybrominated diphenyl ether; Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OBSTETRICS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; EXPOSURE; FETUS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); PREGNANCY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

COTININE; FLAME RETARDANT; LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 153; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 17; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 99; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS BLOOD SAMPLING; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATION PERIOD; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 79961208411     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.028     Document Type: Article

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