Health risks in infants associated with exposure to perfluorinated compounds in human breast milk from Zhoushan, China

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2924-2929

  So, Man Ka ^a,b   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b   Taniyasu, Sachi ^b   Jiang, Qinting ^a,b   Giesy, John P ^a,c   Chen, Kun ^d   Lam, Paul Kwan Sing ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d ZHEJIANG UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRACTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BREAST MILK; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONATE (PFOS); SERUM;

HEALTH RISKS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROHEXANESULFONATE; PERFLUORONONANOATE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROUNDECANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; EXTRACTION; FLUORINE COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; STATISTICAL METHODS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CORRELATION; HEALTH IMPACT; MILK; RISK FACTOR; TOXIC MATERIAL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; MATERNAL AGE; QUALITY CONTROL; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; CHINA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL AGE; MILK, HUMAN; OCTANOIC ACIDS; QUALITY CONTROL; RISK; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; ZHEJIANG; ZHOUSHAN;

EID: 33646346869     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es060031f     Document Type: Article

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