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Association of brominated flame retardants with diabetes and metabolic syndrome in the U.S. population, 2003-2004.

Lim JS, Lee DH, Jacobs DR Jr.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1802-7. Epub 2008 Jun 16.PMID: 18559655 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Relationship between serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and the prevalence of metabolic syndrome among non-diabetic adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.

Lee DH, Lee IK, Porta M, Steffes M, Jacobs DR Jr.

Diabetologia. 2007 Sep;50(9):1841-51. Epub 2007 Jul 12.PMID: 17624515 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The flame retardants, polybrominated diphenyl ethers, are pregnane X receptor activators.

Pacyniak EK, Cheng X, Cunningham ML, Crofton K, Klaassen CD, Guo GL.

Toxicol Sci. 2007 May;97(1):94-102. Epub 2007 Feb 25.PMID: 17324954 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

A strong dose-response relation between serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and diabetes: results from the National Health and Examination Survey 1999-2002.

Lee DH, Lee IK, Song K, Steffes M, Toscano W, Baker BA, Jacobs DR Jr.

Diabetes Care. 2006 Jul;29(7):1638-44.PMID: 16801591 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, a group of brominated flame retardants, can interact with polychlorinated biphenyls in enhancing developmental neurobehavioral defects.

Eriksson P, Fischer C, Fredriksson A.

Toxicol Sci. 2006 Dec;94(2):302-9. Epub 2006 Sep 15.PMID: 16980691 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants and insulin resistance among nondiabetic adults: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002.

Lee DH, Lee IK, Jin SH, Steffes M, Jacobs DR Jr.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Mar;30(3):622-8.PMID: 17327331 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants in the U.S. population: current levels, temporal trends, and comparison with dioxins, dibenzofurans, and polychlorinated biphenyls.

Schecter A, Päpke O, Tung KC, Joseph J, Harris TR, Dahlgren J.

J Occup Environ Med. 2005 Mar;47(3):199-211.PMID: 15761315 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Differential effects of polybrominated diphenyl ethers and polychlorinated biphenyls on [3H]arachidonic acid release in rat cerebellar granule neurons.

Kodavanti PR, Derr-Yellin EC.

Toxicol Sci. 2002 Aug;68(2):451-7.PMID: 12151641 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polybrominated biphenyl and diphenylether flame retardants: analysis, toxicity, and environmental occurrence.

Pijnenburg AM, Everts JW, de Boer J, Boon JP.

Rev Environ Contam Toxicol. 1995;141:1-26. Review.PMID: 7886253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) effects in rat neuronal cultures: 14C-PBDE accumulation, biological effects, and structure-activity relationships.

Kodavanti PR, Ward TR, Ludewig G, Robertson LW, Birnbaum LS.

Toxicol Sci. 2005 Nov;88(1):181-92. Epub 2005 Aug 17.PMID: 16107548 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Ah receptor agonists in UV-exposed toluene solutions of decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and in soils contaminated with polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs).

Olsman H, Hagberg J, Kalbin G, Julander A, van Bavel B, Strid A, Tysklind M, Engwall M.

Environ Sci Pollut Res Int. 2006 May;13(3):161-9.PMID: 16758706 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of selected polybrominated diphenyl ether flame retardants on lake trout (Salvelinus namaycush).

Birchmeier KL, Smith KA, Passino-Reader DR, Sweet LI, Chernyak SM, Adams JV, Omann GM.

Environ Toxicol Chem. 2005 Jun;24(6):1518-22.PMID: 16117131 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) in foam recyclers and carpet installers working in the United States.

Stapleton HM, Sjödin A, Jones RS, Niehüser S, Zhang Y, Patterson DG Jr.

Environ Sci Technol. 2008 May 1;42(9):3453-8.PMID: 18522133 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants.

Rahman F, Langford KH, Scrimshaw MD, Lester JN.

Sci Total Environ. 2001 Jul 25;275(1-3):1-17. Review.PMID: 11482396 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasma PBDE and thyroxine levels in rats exposed to Bromkal or BDE-47.

Darnerud PO, Aune M, Larsson L, Hallgren S.

Chemosphere. 2007 Apr;67(9):S386-92. Epub 2007 Jan 25.PMID: 17257644 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Changes in spontaneous behaviour and altered response to nicotine in the adult rat, after neonatal exposure to the brominated flame retardant, decabrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE 209).

Viberg H, Fredriksson A, Eriksson P.

Neurotoxicology. 2007 Jan;28(1):136-42. Epub 2006 Aug 23.PMID: 17030062 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Exposure to polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): changes in thyroid, vitamin A, glutathione homeostasis, and oxidative stress in American kestrels (Falco sparverius).

Fernie KJ, Shutt JL, Mayne G, Hoffman D, Letcher RJ, Drouillard KG, Ritchie IJ.

Toxicol Sci. 2005 Dec;88(2):375-83. Epub 2005 Aug 24.PMID: 16120752 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Polybrominated diphenyl ethers as endocrine disruptors of adipocyte metabolism.

Hoppe AA, Carey GB.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Dec;15(12):2942-50.PMID: 18198302 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Flame retardants in placenta and breast milk and cryptorchidism in newborn boys.

Main KM, Kiviranta H, Virtanen HE, Sundqvist E, Tuomisto JT, Tuomisto J, Vartiainen T, Skakkebaek NE, Toppari J.

Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Oct;115(10):1519-26.PMID: 17938745 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Some polybrominated diphenyl ether (PBDE) flame retardants with wide environmental distribution inhibit TCDD-induced EROD activity in primary cultured carp (Cyprinus carpio) hepatocytes.

Kuiper RV, Bergman A, Vos JG, van den Berg M.

Aquat Toxicol. 2004 Jun 10;68(2):129-39.PMID: 15145223 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles