Lactational transfer of volatile chemicals in breast milk

American Industrial Hygiene Association Journal

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 425-431

  Fisher, Jeffrey ^a   Mahle, Deirdre ^a   Bankston, Laurie ^a   Greene, Robert ^a   Gearhart, Jeffery ^b  

^a AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b ICF Kaizer Engineers Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Chemical exposure; Inhalation; Lactational transfer; Partition coefficients; PBPK; Volatile chemicals

Indexed keywords

1,1,1 TRICHLOROETHANE; CARBON TETRACHLORIDE; DIOXANE; TETRACHLOROETHYLENE; VOLATILE AGENT;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION DISORDER; MATERNAL CARE; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; POLLUTION TRANSPORT; UNITED STATES; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 0030969457     PISSN: 00028894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15428119791012667     Document Type: Article

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