Levels of chlorinated pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in Norwegian breast milk (2002-2006), and factors that may predict the level of contamination

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 407, Issue 16, 2009, Pages 4584-4590

  Polder, A ^a   Skaare, J U ^a,b   Skjerve, E ^a   Loken K B ^a   Eggesbo M ^c  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN VETERINARY INSTITUTE   (Norway)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Chlorinated pesticides; Determining factors; Levels; Norway; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; DETERMINING FACTORS; LEVELS; NORWAY;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; PESTICIDES; PRINTED CIRCUITS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MILK; MONITORING SYSTEM; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PREDICTION; VARIANCE ANALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SMOKING; MILK LEVEL; NORWAY; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORWAY; PARITY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; NORWAY; SCANDINAVIA;

EID: 67349279123     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.04.032     Document Type: Article

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