Levels and regional trends of persistent organochlorines and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in Asian breast milk demonstrate POPs signatures unique to individual countries

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1072-1079

  Haraguchi, Koichi ^a   Koizumi, Akio ^b   Inoue, Kayoko ^b   Harada, Kouji H ^b   Hitomi, Toshiaki ^b   Minata, Mutsuko ^b   Tanabe, Miyako ^b   Kato, Yoshihisa ^c   Nishimura, Eri ^a   Yamamoto, Yoshiaki ^d   Watanabe, Takao ^e   Takenaka, Katsunobu ^f   Uehara, Shigeki ^g   Yang, Hye Ran ^h   Kim, Min Young ^h   Moon, Chan Seok ⁱ   Kim, Hae Sook ^j   Wang, Peiyu ^k   Liu, Aiping ^k   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^l  

^a DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c TOKUSHIMA BUNRI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Ijinkai Takeda General Hospital   (Japan)

^e MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^f Takayama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^g TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^h Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

ⁱ Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

^j Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^k PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^l HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

Asia; DDTs; Exposure; Human milk; PBDEs; PCBs; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ASIA; DDTS; EXPOSURE; HUMAN MILK; PBDES;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BODY FLUID; DDT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIA; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PARITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN; KOREA; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

EID: 68149137746     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.06.003     Document Type: Article

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