Different levels of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and chlorinated compounds in breast milk from two U.K. regions

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1085-1091

  Kalantzi, Olga I ^a   Martin, Francis L ^a   Thomas, Gareth O ^a   Alcock, Ruth E ^b   Tang, Huiru R ^c   Drury, Suzanne C ^c   Carmichael, Paul L ^d   Nicholson, Jeremy K ^c   Jones, Kevin C ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Environmental Research Solutions   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNILEVER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Flame retardants; Gas chromatography mass spectrometry; Milk fat extracts; Organochlorines; PBDE 47; Persistent contaminants; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; United Kingdom

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MILK FAT; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MOTHER; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOXICITY TESTING; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 3042716407     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6991     Document Type: Article

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