Environmental contaminants in breast milk

Journal of Midwifery and Women's Health

Volumn 51, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 26-34

  Nickerson, Krista ^a  

^a NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Breastfeeding; Chemical contaminants; Children's health; Dioxins; Organohalogens; Pesticides; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CARCINOGENESIS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GROWTH DISORDER; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; IMMUNOPATHOLOGY; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICIAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE; REVIEW;

EID: 30344443338     PISSN: 15269523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmwh.2005.09.006     Document Type: Article

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