Estimated intakes of brominated flame retardants via diet and dust compared to internal concentrations in a Swedish mother-toddler cohort

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 218, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 422-432

  Sahlström, Leena M O ^a   Sellström, Ulla ^a   de Wit, Cynthia A ^a   Lignell, Sanna ^b   Darnerud, Per Ola ^b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Food Agency   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dietary intake; Emerging BFR; HBCD; House dust; Human exposure; PBDE

Indexed keywords

DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; DUST; FLAME RETARDANT;

ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; CHEMISTRY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MOTHER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SWEDEN;

BODY BURDEN; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FECES; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MOTHERS; SWEDEN;

EID: 84973264301     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2015.03.011     Document Type: Article

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