Occurrence of PCBs, Organochlorine Insecticides, tris(4-Chlorophenyl)methane, and tris(4-Chlorophenyl)methanol in Human Breast Milk Collected from Cambodia

Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 405-412

  Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Someya, Masayuki ^a   Monirith, In ^a   Watanabe, Mafumi ^a   Tana, Touch Seang ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Cabinet of the Council of Minister   (Cambodia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TRIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANE; TRIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)METHANOL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BREASTFEEDING; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CAMBODIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MILK LEVEL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN POPULATION;

ASIA; CAMBODIA; EURASIA; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

EID: 1542283639     PISSN: 00904341     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00244-003-3008-7     Document Type: Article

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