Plasma polychlorinated biphenyl levels in Dutch preschool children either breast-fed or formula-fed during infancy

American Journal of Public Health

Volumn 87, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1711-1714

  Patandin, Svati ^a   Weisglas Kuperus, Nynke ^a   De Ridder, Maria A J ^b   Koopman Esseboom, Corine ^a   Van Staveren, Wija A ^c   Van Der Paauw, Cornelis G ^d   Sauer, Pieter J J ^a  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d TNO   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHLORINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

EID: 0030680975     PISSN: 00900036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.87.10.1711     Document Type: Article

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