DDT levels in human milk in Hong Kong, 2001-02

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 50-55

  Hui, L L ^a   Hedley, A J ^a   Kypke, K ^b   Cowling, B J ^a   Nelson, E A S ^c   Wong, T W ^c   van Leeuwen, F X R ^d   Malisch, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food Freiburg   (Germany)

^c CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DDD; DDE; DDT; Hong Kong

Indexed keywords

CANNING; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; FOOD PRESERVATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH; HEALTH HAZARDS; MONITORING; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; RIVER POLLUTION; WATER ANALYSIS;

BREAST MILK; BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT CONTAMINATION; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTOR (ECD); ELSEVIER (CO); ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGINS; HONG KONG; HUMAN BREAST; HUMAN MILK; MILK SAMPLES; MONITORING PROGRAMS; PEARL RIVER DELTA REGION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS);

FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BREASTFEEDING; DDD; DDE; DDT; DIET; MEASUREMENT METHOD; MILK; MONITORING;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIMIPARA; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CHINA; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HONG KONG; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HONG KONG;

EID: 48149106496     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.05.045     Document Type: Article

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