Persistent organochlorine pesticides in human milk samples from Australia

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 712-720

  Mueller, Jochen F ^a   Harden, Fiona ^b   Toms, Leisa Maree ^a   Symons, Robert ^c   Fürst, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL MEASUREMENT INSTITUTE   (Australia)

^d Chemical and Veterinary Control Laboratory (CVUA)   (Germany)

Author keywords

Australia; DDT; Human milk; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIPIDS; ORGANOMETALLICS; PESTICIDES;

HUMAN MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LIPIDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; ORGANOMETALLICS; PESTICIDES;

DDT; MILK; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BODY BURDEN; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MILK LEVEL; QUALITY CONTROL;

ADELAIDE; AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; MELBOURNE; NEW SOUTH WALES; QUEENSLAND; SOUTH AUSTRALIA; SYDNEY; VICTORIA [AUSTRALIA];

ISOPTERA;

EID: 36248962216     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.06.037     Document Type: Article

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