Yijun Liu, Yan Xie, Yingkuan Tian, Juan Liao, Derong Fang, Linglu Wang, Rong Zeng, Shimin Xiong, Xingyan Liu, Qing Chen, Ya Zhang, Hongyu Yuan, Quan Li, XuBo Shen, Yuanzhong Zhou
BACKGROUND: Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) are a group of widely used chemicals and humans are exposed to them in their daily life. PBDEs exposure during pregnancy may have adverse effects on pregnant women and their fetuses. Nevertheless, limited information is available on the levels and determinants of PBDEs exposure in Chinese pregnant women. METHODS: The internal exposure levels of eight PBDEs (BDE-28, 47, 99, 100, 153, 154, 183, and 209) in placental samples of 1280 pregnant women from Zunyi birth cohort were analyzed using gas chromatography tandem mass spectrometry...
November 8, 2023: Environmental Research