Time trends of polybrominated diphenylether (PBDE) congeners in serum of Swedish mothers and comparisons to breast milk data

Environmental Research

Volumn 138, Issue , 2015, Pages 352-360

  Darnerud, Per Ola ^a   Lignell, Sanna ^a   Aune, Marie ^a   Isaksson, Martin ^a   Cantillana, Tatiana ^a   Redeby, Johan ^a   Glynn, Anders ^a  

^a National Food Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

BDE 209; Breast milk; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE); Serum; Time trend

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

CORRELATION; DATA SET; PBDE; SERUM; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY DISTRIBUTION; BREAST MILK; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK LEVEL; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SWEDEN; SWEDISH CITIZEN; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTANT; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84924663711     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.02.031     Document Type: Article

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