Long-term biomonitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in human milk from mothers living in northern Germany

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 211, Issue 5-6, 2008, Pages 624-638

  Zietz, Björn P ^a   Hoopmann, Michael ^a   Funcke, Markus ^a   Huppmann, René ^a   Suchenwirth, Roland ^a   Gierden, Edith ^a  

^a Governmental Institute of Public Health of Lower Saxony   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; DDT; Germany; Human milk; Lower saxony; Organochlorine pesticides; PCB; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 50649099059     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2008.04.001     Document Type: Article

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