Children Show Highest Levels of Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers in aCalifornia Family of Four: A Case Study
- 1 October 2006
- journal article
- Published by Environmental Health Perspectives in Environmental Health Perspectives
- Vol. 114 (10) , 1581-1584
- https://doi.org/10.1289/ehp.8554
Abstract
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs), a major class of flame retardants, are ubiquitous environmental contaminants with particularly high concentrations in humans from the United States. This study is a first attempt to report and compare PBDE concentrations ...Keywords
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