Temporal variability of polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) serum concentrations over one year

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 24, 2014, Pages 14642-14649

  Makey, Colleen M ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^b   Weinberg, Janice ^a   Carignan, Courtney C ^a,c   Webster, Thomas F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^c Dartmouth College   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ETHERS; OFFICE BUILDINGS;

ADVERSE HEALTH EFFECTS; EXPOSURE BIOMARKERS; INTRACLASS CORRELATION COEFFICIENTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; REPEATED MEASUREMENTS; SERUM CONCENTRATION; TEMPORAL VARIABILITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BDE 100; BDE 28; BDE 47; BDE 99; CHOLESTEROL; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH IMPACT; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; REPRODUCIBILITY; SEASON; STATISTICAL MODEL; YOUNG ADULT;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; NEW ENGLAND; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BOSTON; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ENGLAND; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SEASONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84918531161     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5026118     Document Type: Article

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