Human dietary exposure to PBDEs around E-waste recycling sites in Eastern China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 5555-5564

  Labunska, Iryna ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^b   Wang, Mengjiao ^a   Santillo, David ^a   Johnston, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DUST; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RECYCLING; WASTES;

DIETARY INTAKES; E-WASTE RECYCLING; HUMAN DIETARY EXPOSURES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); REFERENCE DOSE; U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; YOUNG CHILDREN; ZHEJIANG PROVINCE;

POULTRY;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

DIET; DUST; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RECYCLING; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CHICKEN MEAT; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; EGG; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH MEAT; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PORK; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SHRIMP;

CHINA; TAIZHOU; ZHEJIANG;

ADULT; ANIMALS; CHILD; CHINA; DIET; EGGS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MEAT; OILS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84901044567     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es500241m     Document Type: Article

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