Organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in human milk from Tabriz, Iran

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1455-1468

  Dahmardeh Behrooz, R ^a   Esmaili Sari, A ^b   Bahramifar, N ^c   Naghdi, F ^d   Shahriyari, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZABOL   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c PAYAME NOOR UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^d Science and Research University ^*  (Iran)

Author keywords

Human breast milk; Iran; Organochlorine pesticide; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; CONCENTRATION OF; DAILY INTAKE; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMAN BREAST; HUMAN MILK; IRAN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS; TOLERABLE DAILY INTAKE;

ISOMERS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BREASTFEEDING; GUIDELINE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; LACTATION; LIPID; METABOLITE; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ASIA; EAST AZERBAIJAN; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST; TABRIZ;

EID: 70849120400     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772240902732472     Document Type: Article

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