Estimates of exposures to perchlorate from consumption of human milk, dairy milk, and water, and comparison to current reference dose

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 319-330

  Baier Anderson, Cal ^a   Blount, Benjamin C ^b   LaKind, Judy S ^a,c,g   Naiman, Daniel Q ^d   Wilbur, Sharon B ^e   Tan, Shirlee ^f  

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

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

^d Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^e AGENCY FOR TOXIC SUBSTANCES AND DISEASE REGISTRY   (United States)

^f SMITHSONIAN CONSERVATION BIOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DAIRY PRODUCT; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MILK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ANIMALS; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MILK; MILK, HUMAN; PERCHLORIC ACID; REFERENCE VALUES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 30944461168     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390500323420     Document Type: Article

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