Levels of tetrabromobisphenol A, tribromobisphenol A, dibromobisphenol A, monobromobisphenol A, and bisphenol A in Japanese breast milk

Chemical Research in Toxicology

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 722-728

  Nakao, Teruyuki ^a   Akiyama, Ema ^a   Kakutani, Hideki ^a   Mizuno, Ayami ^a   Aozasa, Osamu ^a   Akai, Yukiko ^a   Ohta, Souichi ^a  

^a SETSUNAN UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIBROMOBISPHENOL A; MONOBROMOBISPHENOL A; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; TRIBROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BENZHYDRYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; DONOR; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INFANT; JAPANESE (PEOPLE); LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; METABOLITE; ANIMAL; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; JAPAN; MILK; NEWBORN; QUALITY CONTROL;

ANIMALS; BENZHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MILK; PHENOLS; QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 84928152347     PISSN: 0893228X     EISSN: 15205010     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/tx500495j     Document Type: Article

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