Halogenated flame retardants in baby food from the United States and from China and the estimated dietary intakes by infants

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2014, Pages 9812-9818

  Liu, Liang Ying ^a   Salamova, Amina ^a   Hites, Ronald A ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DECHLORANE PLUS; DIETARY INTAKES; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; HALOGENATED FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOBENZENE; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); THREE CATEGORIES;

FLAME RETARDANTS;

DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DECHLORANE PLUS; FLAME RETARDANT; HALIDE; HEXABROMOBENZENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; LIPID;

CEREAL; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; NEUROLOGY; PBDE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BABY FOOD; CEREAL; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRESH WEIGHT; HUMAN; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; ARTIFICIAL MILK; CHEMISTRY; DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; INFANT;

CHINA; UNITED STATES;

CEREALS; CHINA; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FOOD; INFANT FORMULA; LIPIDS; RECOMMENDED DIETARY ALLOWANCES; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84906221123     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502743q     Document Type: Article

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