Depuration of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk from California first-time mothers (primiparae)

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 115, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 1271-1275

  Hooper, Kim ^a   She, Jianwen ^a   Sharp, Margaret ^a   Chow, Joan ^a   Jewell, Nicholas ^b   Gephart, Rosanne ^c   Holden, Arthur ^a  

^a Environmental Chemistry Laboratory   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Woman's Health and Birth Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Breast milk; Brominated flame retardants; Depuration; Exposure assessment; Lactation; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MILK LEVEL; POLLUTION; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERPERIUM; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; VOLUNTEER;

ADULT; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; PHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 34748828003     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10166     Document Type: Article

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