Polychlorinated biphenyls in Taiwanese primipara human milk and associated factors

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 1097-1103

  Chao, H R ^a   Wang, S L ^a   Lin, L Y ^b   Yu, H Y ^a   Lu, Y K ^a   Chou, W L ^a   Guo, Y L ^c   Chang, L W ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DIOXIN; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; MILK FAT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ACCURACY; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL AGE; MILK LEVEL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PARAMETER; PARITY; SKIN TOXICITY; TAIWAN; TERATOGENICITY;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MATERNAL AGE; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY, HIGH-RISK; TAIWAN;

EID: 0038514022     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-003-0095-0     Document Type: Article

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