PBDEs in 2-5 year-old children from California and associations with diet and indoor environment. Rose, M., Bennett, D. H, Bergman, A., Fängström, B., Pessah, I. N, & Hertz-Picciotto, I. Environmental science & technology, 44(7):2648–53, April, 2010.
PBDEs in 2-5 year-old children from California and associations with diet and indoor environment. [link]Paper  doi  abstract   bibtex   
This study determined the body burden of PBDEs in 100 California children, and evaluated associations with sociodemographic, household, and dietary factors. In national and international comparisons, California dust, breast milk, and human serum samples contain higher concentrations of PBDEs. Higher levels in children suggest exposure pathways depend upon age. Plasma samples were analyzed for PBDEs using GC/MS. Circulating levels of PBDEs were 10-to 1000-fold higher than similar aged populations in Mexico and Europe, 5-times higher than similar aged children across the U.S., and 2- to 10-fold higher than U.S. adults. Increased levels of higher-brominated congeners were associated with the recent purchase of new upholstered furniture or mattresses and consumption of pork. Concentrations of lower-brominated congeners increased with frequency of poultry consumption. Lower maternal education was independently and significantly associated with higher levels of most congeners in the children.
@article{rose_pbdes_2010,
	title = {{PBDEs} in 2-5 year-old children from {California} and associations with diet and indoor environment.},
	volume = {44},
	issn = {0013-936X},
	url = {http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20196589},
	doi = {10.1021/es903240g},
	abstract = {This study determined the body burden of PBDEs in 100 California children, and evaluated associations with sociodemographic, household, and dietary factors. In national and international comparisons, California dust, breast milk, and human serum samples contain higher concentrations of PBDEs. Higher levels in children suggest exposure pathways depend upon age. Plasma samples were analyzed for PBDEs using GC/MS. Circulating levels of PBDEs were 10-to 1000-fold higher than similar aged populations in Mexico and Europe, 5-times higher than similar aged children across the U.S., and 2- to 10-fold higher than U.S. adults. Increased levels of higher-brominated congeners were associated with the recent purchase of new upholstered furniture or mattresses and consumption of pork. Concentrations of lower-brominated congeners increased with frequency of poultry consumption. Lower maternal education was independently and significantly associated with higher levels of most congeners in the children.},
	number = {7},
	journal = {Environmental science \& technology},
	author = {Rose, Melissa and Bennett, Deborah H and Bergman, Ake and Fängström, Britta and Pessah, Isaac N and Hertz-Picciotto, Irva},
	month = apr,
	year = {2010},
	pmid = {20196589},
	keywords = {Air Pollution, Child, Demography, Diet, Dust, Female, Flame retardants, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers, Halogenated Diphenyl Ethers: blood, Humans, Indoor, Indoor: analysis, Male, Motor Vehicles, california, ffr, hum},
	pages = {2648--53},
}

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