Using placenta to evaluate the polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) exposure of fetus in a region with high prevalence of neural tube defects

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 86, Issue , 2012, Pages 141-146

  Ma, Jin ^a   Qiu, Xinghua ^a   Ren, Aiguo ^b   Jin, Lei ^b   Zhu, Tong ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Neural tube defects (NTDs); Placenta; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FETUS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEURAL TUBE DEFECT; NEWBORN; PLACENTA; PRENATAL DRUG EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; TOXICITY TESTING;

ADULT; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; NEURAL TUBE DEFECTS; PLACENTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; PREVALENCE;

CHINA; SHANXI;

EID: 84868304575     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2012.09.005     Document Type: Article

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