Assessment of the exposure of breast milk to persistent organic pollutants in Latvia

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 483-489

  Bake, Marite A ^a   Linnika, Zanna ^a   Sudmalis, Pavels ^a   Kočan, Anton ^b   Jursa, Stanislav ^b   Pike, Anita ^a   Ruce, Mara ^a  

^a RIGA STRADINS UNIVERSITY   (Latvia)

^b INST OF PREV AND CLINICAL MEDICINE   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Case control pilot study; Chlorinated pesticides; Dibenzofurans (PCDF); Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins (PCDD)

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247204312     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.01.016     Document Type: Article

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