Transgenerational Exposures: Persistent Chemical Pollutants in the Environment and Breast Milk

Pediatric Clinics of North America

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 81-101

  Thundiyil, Josef G ^a,b   Solomon, Gina M ^a,c   Miller, Mark D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b ORLANDO REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; ALDRIN; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; FURAN DERIVATIVE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; MUSK; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CANCER RISK; CHILD NUTRITION; COUNSELING; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; EATING HABIT; ECOSYSTEM; ENDOCRINE DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETOTOXICITY; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; IMMUNOTOXICITY; NEUROTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; REVIEW;

ADULT; CHILD; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD POISONING; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; IMMUNE SYSTEM DISEASES; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33846935274     PISSN: 00313955     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pcl.2006.11.006     Document Type: Review

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