Hexabromocyclododecane concentrations in Canadian human fetal liver and placental tissues

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 468-469, Issue , 2014, Pages 622-629

  Rawn, Dorothea F K ^a   Gaertner, Dean W ^a   Weber, Dorcas ^a   Curran, Ivan H A ^b   Cooke, Gerard M ^b   Goodyer, Cynthia G ^c  

^a FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^b Health Canada and World Health Organization Collaborating Center for Standardization and Evaluation of Biologicals   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; HBCD; Hexabromocyclododecane; Human tissues; PBDEs

Indexed keywords

FLAME RETARDANTS; HISTOLOGY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCD; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HUMAN TISSUES; PBDES;

TISSUE;

FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; LIPID; SOLVENT;

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADSORPTION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS DEVELOPMENT; FETUS LIVER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIVER LEVEL; MALE; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY TERMINATION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TISSUE HOMOGENATE;

CANADA; MONTREAL; QUEBEC [CANADA];

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HBCD; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HUMAN TISSUES; PBDES;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETUS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; LIVER; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; QUEBEC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 84884388795     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.08.014     Document Type: Article

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