Health risk assessment for Inuit newborns exposed to dioxin-like compounds through breast feeding

Chemosphere

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-542

  Ayotte, P ^a   Carrier, G ^b   Dewailly, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARCTIC; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANCER RISK; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIVER LEVEL; MODEL; NEWBORN; REPRODUCTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE LEVEL; TOXICOKINETICS;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH RISK; INUIT PEOPLE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARCTIC;

EID: 0029668694     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0045-6535(96)00003-3     Document Type: Article

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