Polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls in cord blood from women in Poland

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 526-531

  Hernik, Agnieszka ^a   Góralczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Struciński, Paweł ^a   Czaja, Katarzyna ^a   Korcz, Wojciech ^a   Minorczyk, Maria ^a   Ludwicki, Jan Krzysztof ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Cord blood; Human exposure; Poland; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CORD BLOOD; EXPERIMENTAL MATERIALS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; LOW CONCENTRATION LEVELS; POLAND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',3,4,4',5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',3,4,4',5,5' HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5 PENTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2,3,3',4,4',5 HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FAT; PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYETHER DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FEMALE; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; POLAND; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL PERIOD; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

MAZOWIECKIE; POLAND; WARSAW [MAZOWIECKIE];

CORD BLOOD; HUMAN EXPOSURE; POLAND; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882894104     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.06.045     Document Type: Article

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