Table 6.

PBDE levels in maternal and fetal blood

Country	Year	N	Maternal blood	Fetal blood	Most prominent BDE congener	Reference
U.S.A.	1997–99	50	<10–511 (10)	ND	*	Petreas et al. 2003
U.S.A.	1999–01	24	5.3–320 (21)	ND	BDE-47	Bradman et al. 2007
U.S.A.	2001	15	15–580 (580)	14–460 (39)	BDE-47	Mazdai et al. 2003
Sweden	2000–01	15	0.71–8.39 (2.07)	0.46–4.28 (1.69)	BDE-47	Meironyte Guvenius et al. 2003
France	2005	26	0.21–1.91 (0.69)	0.14–1.08 (0.41)	**	Antignac et al. 2006
Japan	ND	89	0.74–21.19 (2.99)	ND	BDE-209	Inoue et al. 2006
China	ND	21	1.6–17 (4.4)	1.5–12 (3.9)	BDE-47 BDE-153 (fetus)	Bi et al. 2006

Values of ΣPBDE levels are expressed as ng/g lipid. Results indicate range and median (in parenthesis).

^*BDE-47 only;

^**BDE-153 only. ND = not determined.