High polybrominated diphenyl ether levels in California house cats: House dust a primary source?

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 301-306

  Guo, Weihong ^a   Park, June Soo ^a   Wang, Yunzhu ^a   Gardner, Steve ^b   Baek, Christina ^a   Petreas, Myrto ^a   Hooper, Kim ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Albany Animal Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

House cat; House dust; Hyperthyroidism; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BDE-209; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; CALIFORNIA; CONGENER PATTERN; DIETARY SOURCES; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HIGH-RESOLUTION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHIES; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN LEVELS; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION; ORGANOCHLORINATED PESTICIDES; PILOT STUDIES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PRIMARY SOURCES; RISK FACTORS; SERUM SAMPLES; SMALL SAMPLE SIZE; THYROID HORMONES;

DUST; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HEALTH RISKS; HOUSES; LIQUIDS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYACRYLATES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FELID; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE; PBDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK FACTOR; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CAT; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; HOUSE DUST; HYPERTHYROIDISM; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; UNITED STATES; WILDLIFE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; CALIFORNIA; CATS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

FELIS SILVESTRIS;

EID: 84855826707     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.1700     Document Type: Article

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