Persistent organic pollutants in breast milk of mothers residing around an open dumping site in Kolkata, India: Specific dioxin-like PCB levels and fish as a potential source

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 27-35

  Someya, Masayuki ^a   Ohtake, Masako ^a   Kunisue, Tatsuya ^b,c   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Chakraborty, Paromita ^d   Ramachandran, Ramesh ^e   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d GUANGZHOU INSTITUTE OF GEOCHEMISTRY   (China)

^e ANNA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DRCs; Dumping site; Human breast milk; India

Indexed keywords

FISH; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DRCS; DUMPING SITE; HUMAN BREAST MILKS; INDIA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FISH; INDUCTIVELY COUPLED PLASMA METHOD; LANDFILL; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT SOURCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INDIA; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ASIA; CALCUTTA; EURASIA; INDIA; SOUTH ASIA; WEST BENGAL;

EID: 71549114851     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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