Serum polychlorinated biphenyl and organochlorine insecticide concentrations in a Faroese birth cohort

Chemosphere

Volumn 62, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1167-1182

  Barr, Dana B ^a   Weihe, Pál ^b,c   Davis, Mark D ^a   Needham, Larry L ^a   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,d  

^a CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^b Faroese National Health System   (Faroe Islands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Blubber; Breastfeeding; Children; DDE; Faroe Islands; Organochlorine; PCB; Serum

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); NURSING; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLUBBER; BREASTFEEDING; CHILDREN; DDE; FAROE ISLANDS; ORGANOCHLORINE; SERUM;

INSECTICIDES;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 4,4' DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; 4,4' DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLOROETHANE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; TRICHLOROETHANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); INSECTICIDES; NURSING; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BREASTFEEDING; DIET; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILDBIRTH; CHLORINATION; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL CHILD; UMBILICAL CORD;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; FAROE ISLANDS;

EID: 32044461281     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.06.063     Document Type: Article

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