Methylsulfonyl metabolites of PCBs and DDE in human milk in Sweden, 1972-1992

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 766-772

  Norén, Koidu ^a   Lundén, Åsa ^a   Pettersson, Eva ^a   Bergman, Åke ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

DDE; Environmental pollutants; Human milk; Methyl sulfone; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; DIBENZODIOXIN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN; DIMETHYL SULFONE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

EID: 0029794428     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104766     Document Type: Article

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