Reduction in Organochlorine Levels in the Milk of New Zealand Women

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 57, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 591-597

  Bates, Michael N ^a,b   Thomson, Barbara ^b   Garrett, Nick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breast milk; New zealand; Organochlorine; Pcb

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DRUG DERIVATIVE; INSECTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN; DIBENZOFURAN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUP; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NEWBORN; RURAL POPULATION; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION; BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LIPID COMPOSITION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MILK; MILK LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; DIETARY FATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MILK, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; RURAL POPULATION; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0036879245     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890209602093     Document Type: Article

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