Collection and use of exposure data from human milk biomonitoring in the United States

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 68, Issue 20, 2005, Pages 1691-1712

  Fenton, Suzanne E ^a,g   Condon, Marian ^b   Ettinger, Adrienne S ^c   LaKind, Judy S ^d,e   Mason, Ann ^f   McDiarmid, Melissa ^b   Qian, Zhengmin ^e   Selevan, Sherry G ^g  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

^e PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f ENVIRON INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION   (United States)

^g U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; ALCOHOL; ATRAZINE; CADMIUM; CAFFEINE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIOXIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FUNGICIDE; INSECTICIDE; LEAD; METAL; NICOTINE; NITRATE; NITRITE; NITROSAMINE; PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; TRACE ELEMENT; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST DEVELOPMENT; BREAST DISEASE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LACTATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXICOKINETICS; UNITED STATES; ADULT; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE POLICY; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; REVIEW; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ADULT; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BIOLOGICAL SPECIMEN BANKS; BREAST FEEDING; DATA COLLECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH POLICY; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK, HUMAN; MODELS, THEORETICAL; SPECIMEN HANDLING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 26944460062     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500225708     Document Type: Conference Paper

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