Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) stereoisomers in U.S. food from Dallas, Texas

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 120, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1260-1264

  Schecter, Arnold ^a   Szabo, David T ^b   Miller, James ^a   Gent, Tyra L ^a   Malik Bass, Noor ^a   Petersen, Malte ^c   Paepke, Olaf ^c   Colacino, Justin A ^d   Hynan, Linda S ^e   Robert Harris, T ^a   Malla, Sunitha ^a   Birnbaum, Linda S ^f,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^c Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^g NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dallas; Food; HBCD; Hexabromocyclododecane; Stereoisomers; Texas

Indexed keywords

ALPHA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BETA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BEEF; BUTTER; FISH; FOOD; FOOD ANALYSIS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; NEGATIVE ION ELECTROSPRAY; PORK; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEREOISOMERISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; UNITED STATES;

ARACHIS HYPOGAEA;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, LIQUID; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; SPECTROMETRY, MASS, ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION; STEREOISOMERISM; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; TEXAS;

EID: 84930485784     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1204993     Document Type: Article

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