Polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human placenta associated with neonatal physiological development at a typical e-waste recycling area in China

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 196, Issue , 2015, Pages 414-422

  Xu, Long ^a   Huo, Xia ^a   Zhang, Yuling ^a   Li, Weiqiu ^a   Zhang, Jianqing ^b   Xu, Xijin ^a  

^a SHANTOU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL COLLEGE   (China)

^b SHENZHEN CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

E waste; Human placenta; Neonatal physiological index; PBDEs; PDBE exposure

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; HEALTH; PHYSIOLOGY; RECYCLING; WASTES;

E-WASTES; HUMAN PLACENTA; PBDES; PDBE EXPOSURE; PHYSIOLOGICAL INDICES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DANGEROUS GOODS; DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; TRIBROMODIPHENYL ETHER 28;

BODY MASS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; NEONATE; PBDE; PHYSIOLOGY; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; WASTE FACILITY;

APGAR SCORE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVELOPMENTAL TOXICITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; NEWBORN; PERINATAL DEVELOPMENT; PLACENTA WEIGHT; RECYCLING; DANGEROUS GOODS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; METABOLISM; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TOXICITY;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; GUIYU; HAOJIANG;

CHINA; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PLACENTA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; RECYCLING;

EID: 84922388166     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: 18736424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2014.11.002     Document Type: Article

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