Levels of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in Settled House Dust From Urban Dwellings With Resident Preschool-Aged Children in Nanjing, China

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 68, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 9-19

  Wang, Bing Ling ^a   Pang, Shu Tao ^a   Zhang, Xiao Ling ^b   Li, Xi Ling ^c   Sun, Yong Gang ^d   Lu, Xiao Mei ^b   Zhang, Qi ^b  

^a Qingdao Center for Disease Control and Prevention   (China)

^b NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c WOMEN S HOSPITAL OF NANJING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^d Department of Child Health Care Maternity and Child Care Center of Gulou District of Nanjing ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,2',4,4' TETRABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; BDE 18; BDE 99; DECABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; POLLUTANT;

ARTICLE; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILD BEHAVIOR CHECKLIST; CHINA; DEPRESSION; DEVELOPMENTAL SCREENING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESELL DEVELOPMENT INVENTORY; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN AREA; ANALYSIS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; HUMANS;

EID: 84927172203     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: 14320703     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-014-0065-z     Document Type: Article

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