Food as a main route of adult exposure to PBDEs in Shenzhen, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 437, Issue , 2012, Pages 10-14

  Ni, Hong Gang ^a   Ding, Chao ^a   Lu, Shao You ^b   Yin, Xiao Ling ^a   Samuel, Sojinu Olatunbosun ^c  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Adult; Cancer risk; Food; Human exposure; Indoor dust; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

ADULT; CANCER RISK; HUMAN EXPOSURES; INDOOR DUST; PBDES;

DISEASES; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; HAZARDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADULT; CANCER; DUST; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SOIL;

AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD INTAKE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RISK; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; SHENZHEN;

EID: 84867584198     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.07.056     Document Type: Article

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