Congener-distribution patterns and risk assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in Korean human milk

Chemosphere

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1087-1095

  Yang, Yoon Hee ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a   Kim, Byung Hoon ^a   Shin, Dong Chun ^b   Ikonomou, Michael G ^c  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Yonsei University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c INSTITUTE OF OCEAN SCIENCES   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human milk; Korea; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

TOXIC EQUIVALENT QUOTIENT (TEQ);

BODY FLUIDS;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DRUG DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

PCB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; INFANT; KOREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK LEVEL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FORECASTING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTANT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; KOREA; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL POLLUTANTS; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0035986255     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(02)00092-9     Document Type: Article

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