Fish consumption and breast milk PCB concentrations among Mohawk women at Akwesasne

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 148, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 164-172

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^a   Bush, Brian ^b   Cook, Katsi ^c   Worswick, Priscilla ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Human; Indians; Milk; North American; Organochlorine; Polychorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESPAN; WATER CONTAMINATION;

USA;

EID: 0032528121     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009620     Document Type: Article

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