Halogenated flame retardants during egg formation and chicken embryo development: Maternal transfer, possible biotransformation, and tissue distribution

Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2014, Pages 1712-1719

  Zheng, Xiao Bo ^a,b   Luo, Xiao Jun ^a   Zeng, Yan Hong ^a,b   Wu, Jiang Ping ^a   Chen, She Jun ^a   Mai, Bi Xian ^a  

^a GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Chicken embryo; Halogenated flame retardant; Maternal transfer; Tissue distribution

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; CHEMICALS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HISTOLOGY; METABOLISM; MUSCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHEMICAL SPECIFICITY; CHICKEN EMBRYO; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHANE; ELECTRONIC WASTE RECYCLING; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; MATERNAL TRANSFER; OCTANOL-WATER PARTITION COEFFICIENT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTIONS;

HALOGENATION;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; OCTANOL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; WATER;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EGG PRODUCTION; EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT; MATERNAL EFFECT; METABOLISM; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; POULTRY; WASTE FACILITY;

ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHICK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEBROMINATION; DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE; EGG; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; HALOGENATION; HEN; LIVER DEVELOPMENT; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE DIFFERENTIATION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

CHINA;

AVES;

CHICKEN EMBRYO; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; MATERNAL TRANSFER; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ANIMALS; BIOTRANSFORMATION; BIRDS; CHICK EMBRYO; CHICKENS; CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; MOTHERS; OVUM; REPRODUCTION; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 84904423022     PISSN: 07307268     EISSN: 15528618     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/etc.2588     Document Type: Article

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