Hair as a biomarker of systemic exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14650-14658

  Poon, Shirley ^a,b   Wade, Michael G ^c   Aleksa, Katarina ^a,d   Rawn, Dorothea F K ^e   Carnevale, Amanda ^a,b   Gaertner, Dean W ^e   Sadler, Amy ^e   Breton, François ^e   Koren, Gideon ^a,b,f   Ernest, Sheila R ^g   Lalancette, Claudia ^g   Robaire, Bernard ^g   Hales, Barbara F ^g   Goodyer, Cynthia G ^h  

^a HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^e FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^g MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^h RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF THE MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; RATS;

ANIMAL MODEL; EXPOSED TO; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN HAIR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; SERUM SAMPLES; SPRAGUE-DAWLEY RATS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',3,4,4',5',6-HEPTABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4'-TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; FLAME RETARDANT; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER 28;

BIOMARKER; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HAIR; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RODENT; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HAIR ANALYSIS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; LIVER WEIGHT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; RAT; ANALYSIS; ANIMAL; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; DIET; DRUG EFFECTS; DUST; LIVER; MIDDLE AGED; SPRAGUE DAWLEY RAT; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ANIMALIA; RATTUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DIET; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HAIR; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LIVER; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RATS, SPRAGUE-DAWLEY; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918531026     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es502789h     Document Type: Article

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