Inverse age-dependent accumulation of decabromodiphenyl ether and other PBDEs in serum from a general adult population

Environment International

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 119-127

  Garí, Mercè ^a   Grimalt, Joan O ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Age dependence; Catalonia; Decabromodiphenyl ether; Human exposure; Polybromodiphenyl ethers; Serum samples

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ETHERS;

AGE DEPENDENCE; CATALONIA; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM SAMPLES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMODIPHENYL ETHER 209; BROMODIPHENYL ETHER 47; BROMODIPHENYL ETHER 99; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMODIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE STRUCTURE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIPID; PBDE; SERUM; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PARITY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL CLASS; SPAIN;

ASIA; AUSTRALIA; CATALONIA; NEW ZEALAND; SPAIN;

EID: 84874347984     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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