Concentrations and speciation of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human amniotic fluid

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 417-418, Issue , 2012, Pages 294-298

  Miller, Mark F ^a,c   Chernyak, Sergei M ^a   Domino, Steven E ^b   Batterman, Stuart A ^a   Loch Caruso, Rita ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amniotic fluid; Human exposure; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Pregnancy

Indexed keywords

AMNIOTIC FLUID; BROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; MICHIGAN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POTENTIAL IMPACTS; PREGNANCY;

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BODY FLUID; HEALTH IMPACT; IDENTIFICATION KEY; PBDE; PREGNANCY; SAMPLING; SPECIATION (CHEMISTRY);

AMNIOCENTESIS; AMNION FLUID ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT CONTENT; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SECOND TRIMESTER PREGNANCY; UNITED STATES;

AMNIOTIC FLUID; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY TRIMESTER, SECOND; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

MICHIGAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84857031424     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.11.088     Document Type: Article

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