PCDDs, PCDFs, PCBs, and other organochlorine compounds in human milk from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Environmental Research

Volumn 83, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-297

  Paumgartten, Francisco J R ^a   Cruz, Cristina M ^a   Chahoud, Ibrahim ^b   Palavinskas, Richard ^c   Mathar, Wolfgang ^c  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c Fed Inst Hlth Protect C   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Dioxins; Human exposure; South America; TCDD

Indexed keywords

DIELDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

HEALTH RISK; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

BREAST MILK; CHLORINATION; COMBUSTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTAMINATION; DRUG ACCUMULATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; INDUSTRIALIZATION; LIPOPHILICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; SOUTH AMERICA; URBAN AREA;

BRAZIL; RIO DE JANEIRO;

EID: 0033859714     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.2000.4062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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