Infant exposure to polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans and biphenyls (PCDD/Fs, PCBs) - Correlation between prenatal and postnatal exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1459-1473

  Wang, Shu Li ^a,b   Lin, Chin Yu ^a   Guo, Yueliang Leon ^c   Lin, Long Yau ^b   Chou, Wei Ling ^a   Chang, Louis W ^a  

^a NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNG SHAN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Human milk; Infants; Placenta; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Prenatal exposure delayed effects

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); FURAN RESINS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLLUTION;

BIOACCUMULATION; HIGH RESOLUTION MASS SPECTROMETRY;

CHLORINE CONTAINING POLYMERS;

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CHILD HEALTH; MILK; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK LEVEL; NEWBORN; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTA; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TAIWAN; TISSUE LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VENOUS BLOOD;

EID: 0742289479     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.08.012     Document Type: Article

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