Assessment of prenatal exposure to PCBs from maternal consumption of Great Lakes fish: An analysis of PCB pattern and concentration

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Stewart, Paul ^a   Darvill, Thomas ^a   Lonky, Edward ^a   Reihman, Jacqueline ^a   Pagano, James ^a   Bush, Brian ^b  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT OSWEGO   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Great Lakes fish; Lake Ontario; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; BREAST MILK; CHLORINATION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FISH; HUMAN; LAKE; MATERNAL NUTRITION; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

EID: 0033068082     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3905     Document Type: Conference Paper

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