Improving infant exposure and health risk estimates: Using serum data to predict polybrominated diphenyl ether concentrations in breast milk

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 4787-4795

  Marchitti, Satori A ^a   Lakind, Judy S ^b,c,d   Naiman, Daniel Q ^e   Berlin, Cheston M ^d   Kenneke, John F ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^e Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE ESTIMATES; GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT; LOCAL COMMUNITY; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POTENTIAL HEALTH; RISK ESTIMATES;

BODY FLUIDS; ESTIMATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; HEALTH RISK; NUMERICAL MODEL; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; SERUM; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MILK LEVEL; PREDICTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; RISK FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 84877597046     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es305229d     Document Type: Article

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