Metabolites of organophosphate flame retardants and 2-ethylhexyl tetrabromobenzoate in urine from paired mothers and toddlers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 17, 2014, Pages 10432-10438

  Butt, Craig M ^a   Congleton, Johanna ^b   Hoffman, Kate ^a   Fang, Mingliang ^a   Stapleton, Heather M ^a  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Environmental Working Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL COMPOUNDS; FLAME RETARDANTS;

BROMINATED COMPOUNDS; EXPOSED TO; HAND WASHING; HOME ENVIRONMENT; INDOOR DUST; ORGANOPHOSPHATE FLAME RETARDANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYURETHANE FOAM;

BODY FLUIDS;

ADULT; BROMOBENZOATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; ORGANOPHOSPHATES;

EID: 84906877954     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5025299     Document Type: Article

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