Polybrominated diphenyl ether serum concentrations in a Californian population of children, their parents, and older adults: An exposure assessment study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Wu, Xiangmei ^a   Bennett, Deborah H ^a   Moran, Rebecca E ^a   Sjödin, Andreas ^b   Jones, Richard S ^b   Tancredi, Daniel J ^c   Tulve, Nicolle S ^d   Clifton, Matthew Scott ^d   Colón, Maribel ^d   Weathers, Walter ^d   Hertz Picciotto, Irva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Children; Flame retardants; PBDEs; Serum concentration; Temporal variability

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSPECIFIC; ERROR ANALYSIS; FLOOR; HEALTH IMPACT; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; INGESTION RATE; LOCAL PARTICIPATION; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; SAMPLING; SERUM; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TELEOST;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CANNED FOOD; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HOME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEASUREMENT ERROR; PARENT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; TUNA; UNITED STATES; AGED; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; CALIFORNIA; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SEASON;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

SCOMBRIDAE;

ADULT; AGED; BODY BURDEN; CALIFORNIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEASONS;

EID: 84961289492     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s12940-015-0002-2     Document Type: Article

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