Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Bioaccumulative Hydroxylated PBDE Metabolites in Young Humans from Managua, Nicaragua | Zendy

María Athanasiadou | Zendy; Steven Cuadra | Zendy; Göran Marsh | Zendy; Åke Bergman | Zendy; Kristina Jakobsson | Zendy

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Polybrominated Diphenyl Ethers (PBDEs) and Bioaccumulative Hydroxylated PBDE Metabolites in Young Humans from Managua, Nicaragua

Author(s) -

María Athanasiadou,

Steven Cuadra,

Göran Marsh,

Åke Bergman,

Kristina Jakobsson

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

environmental health perspectives

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257

H-Index - 282

eISSN - 1552-9924

pISSN - 0091-6765

DOI - 10.1289/ehp.10713

Subject(s) - polybrominated diphenyl ethers , bioaccumulation , environmental chemistry , chemistry , population , metabolite , congener , toxicology , pollutant , environmental health , biology , medicine , organic chemistry , biochemistry

Our aim was to investigate exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in a young urban population in a developing country, with focus on potentially highly exposed children working informally as scrap scavengers at a large municipal waste disposal site. We also set out to investigate whether hydroxylated metabolites, which not hitherto have been found retained in humans, could be detected.

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