Urinary bromophenol glucuronide and sulfate conjugates: Potential human exposure molecular markers for polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Chemosphere

Volumn 133, Issue , 2015, Pages 6-12

  Ho, Ka Lok ^a   Yau, Man Shan ^a   Murphy, Margaret B ^a   Wan, Yi ^b   Fong, Bonnie M W ^c,d   Tam, Sidney ^c   Giesy, John P ^a,b,e,f,g   Leung, Kelvin S Y ^d   Lam, Michael H W ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^c QUEEN MARY HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^d HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g NANJING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Bromophenols; Exposure molecular markers; Human blood plasma; Human urine; Metabolites; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAMMALS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

BROMOPHENOLS; HUMAN BLOOD PLASMAS; HUMAN URINE; MOLECULAR MARKER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

BLOOD;

BROMOPHENOL GLUCURONIDE; GLUCURONIDE; MOLECULAR MARKER; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4,6-TRIBROMOPHENOL; 2,4-DIBROMOPHENOL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLLUTANT;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GENETIC MARKER; METABOLITE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SULFATE; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROBIC METABOLISM; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONJUGATE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GLUCURONIDATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KIDNEY CONCENTRATING CAPACITY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URINALYSIS; VERY ELDERLY; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; URINE; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; GLUCURONIDES; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PHENOLS; SULFATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928888782     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.03.003     Document Type: Article

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