Dietary assessment of human exposure to PBDEs in South Korea

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1736-1741

  Na, Sumin ^a   Kim, Meehye ^b   Paek, Ockjin ^b   Kim, Yunje ^a  

^a Korea Institute of Science and Technology   (South Korea)

^b Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Age; Dietary intake; Exposure assessment; Korean food; PBDE

Indexed keywords

NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIETARY ASSESSMENTS; DIETARY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; FISH AND SHELLFISHES; GENERAL POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATIONS; PBDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

AGE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHICAL VARIATION; HEALTH RISK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SHELLFISH; URBANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SHELLFISH; SOUTH KOREA;

KANGNUNG; KANGWON; KWANGJU [SOUTH KOREA]; PUSAN [SOUTH KOREA]; SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA; TAEJON [SOUTH KOREA];

EID: 84872262413     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.10.021     Document Type: Article

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