Participant experiences in a breastmilk biomonitoring study: A qualitative assessment

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Wu, Nerissa ^a   McClean, Michael D ^a   Brown, Phil ^b   Aschengrau, Ann ^a   Webster, Thomas F ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SMOKING; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BODY BURDEN; BOSTON; BREAST FEEDING; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RESEARCH SUBJECTS; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 61649128590     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-8-4     Document Type: Article

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