Short and medium chain length chlorinated paraffins in UK human milk fat

Environment International

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 34-40

  Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Farrar, David ^b   Braekevelt, Eric ^c   Stern, Gary ^c   Kalantzi, Olga I ^a   Martin, Francis L ^a   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Ineos Manufacturing Scotland Limited   (United Kingdom)

^c FRESHWATER INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast milk; MCCP; Organochlorine; SCCP

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ESTERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; PARAFFINS;

BREAST-MILK; MCCP; ORGANOCHLORINE; SCCP;

DAIRY PRODUCTS;

BIOLOGICAL FACTOR; CHLORINATED PARAFFIN; MILK FAT; PARAFFIN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; MILK;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

EID: 29044442196     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2005.04.006     Document Type: Article

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