Persistent organochlorine and organobromine compounds in mother's milk from Sweden 1996-2006: Compound-specific temporal trends

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 760-767

  Lignell, Sanna ^a   Aune, Marie ^a   Darnerud, Per Ola ^a   Cnattingius, Sven ^b   Glynn, Anders ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Dioxins; Mother's milk; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Trend

Indexed keywords

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BREASTFEEDING; BROMINE COMPOUND; DIOXIN; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIFESTYLE; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LIFE STYLE; LINEAR MODELS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; QUESTIONNAIRES; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 67649410144     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.04.011     Document Type: Article

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