Evaluation of organic environmental pollutants detected in human milk

Journal of Health Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-10

  Kishikawa, Naoya ^a   Kuroda, Naotaka ^a  

^a NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bisphenol A; Human milk; Persistent chemical; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon

Indexed keywords

MILK FAT; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

BREAST MILK; BROMINATION; CHLORINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LIPOPHILICITY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; REVIEW; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

EID: 60549101349     PISSN: 13449702     EISSN: 13475207     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1248/jhs.55.1     Document Type: Review

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