Determination of dioxins and polychlorinated biphenyls in breast milk, maternal blood and cord blood from residents of Tohoku, Japan

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 394, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 39-51

  Nakamura, Tomoyuki ^a,b   Nakai, Kunihiko ^a   Matsumura, Tohru ^c   Suzuki, Shigeru ^b   Saito, Yoshinori ^b   Satoh, Hiroshi ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b Miyagi Prefectural Institute of Public Health and Environment   (Japan)

^c IDEA CONSULTANTS INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Congener specific analysis; Cord blood; Dioxins; Maternal blood; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); LINEAR REGRESSION; TOXICITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CORRELATION METHODS; FISH; OBSTETRICS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BREAST MILK; CONGENER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; MATERNAL BLOOD;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MILK; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; RESIDENT POPULATION; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL BLOOD; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WEIGHT GAIN;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HUMANS; JAPAN; MILK, HUMAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONSHU; JAPAN; TOHOKU;

BREAST MILK; CONGENER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; CORD BLOOD; DIOXINS; MATERNAL BLOODS;

EID: 40249107432     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2008.01.012     Document Type: Article

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