Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Japanese autopsy tissue and body fluid samples

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 3538-3546

  Hirai, Tetsuya ^a,b   Fujimine, Yoshinori ^b   Watanabe, Shaw ^c   Nakano, Takeshi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OTSUKA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD   (Japan)

^c Life Science Promoting Association   (Japan)

Author keywords

BFR; Human exposure; Human tissue; Japanese; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE;

AUTOMOBILE; BLOOD; BODY FLUID; COMPUTER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); PBDE; PLASTIC; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TEXTILE INDUSTRY;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BILE; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; CADAVER; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; BILE; BODY BURDEN; CADAVER; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

JAPAN; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84865561765     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0915-z     Document Type: Article

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