Concentrations of persistent organochlorine compounds in human milk and placenta are higher in Denmark than in Finland

Human Reproduction

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 201-210

  Shen, Heqing ^a,b   Main, Katharina M ^b   Andersson, Anna Maria ^b   Damgaard, Ida N ^b   Virtanen, Helena E ^c   Skakkebaek, Niels E ^b   Toppari, Jorma ^c   Schramm, Karl Werner ^a,d  

^a INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

^d TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Infants; Organobromine compounds; Organochlorine pesticides; Placenta

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HEPTACHLOROEPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOBROMINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; LIPID;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FINLAND; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PLACENTA; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH; SAMPLING; CHEMISTRY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; OSMOLARITY;

ADULT; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIPIDS; MILK, HUMAN; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; PLACENTA;

EID: 40549084360     PISSN: 02681161     EISSN: 14602350     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/humrep/dem199     Document Type: Article

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