A physiologically based pharmacokinetic model for the assessment of infant exposure to persistent organic pollutants in epidemiologic studies

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 481-487

  Verner, Marc André ^a   Ayotte, Pierre ^b   Muckle, Gina ^b   Charbonneau, Michael ^c   Haddad, Sami ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure assessment; Infants; Persistent organic pollutants; Physiologically based pharmacokinetic modeling

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 2,2',3,4,4',5,5' HEPTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ENVIRONMENTAL, INDUSTRIAL AND DOMESTIC CHEMICALS; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT EXPOSURE; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SIMULATION; TOXICOKINETICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INUITS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; QUEBEC;

EID: 64049114579     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800047     Document Type: Article

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