Exposure assessment of breast-fed infants in the Czech Republic to indicator PCBs and selected chlorinated pesticides: Area-related differences

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 160-168

  Černá, Milena ^a,c   Bencko, Vladimír ^a   Brabec, Marek ^b,c   Šmíd, Jiří ^c   Krsková, Andrea ^c   Jech, Libor ^d  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b INSTITUTE OF MATHEMATICS   (Czech Republic)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^d Czech Republic   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Bayesian modeling; Breast fed infant exposure; Czech Republic; Human milk; PCBs and OCPs; Statistical modeling of exposure

Indexed keywords

BAYESIAN NETWORKS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BAYESIAN MODEL; BREAST-FED INFANT EXPOSURE; CZECH REPUBLIC; HUMAN MILK; STATISTICAL MODELING;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

BAYESIAN ANALYSIS; BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION INDICATOR; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MILK LEVEL; POLLUTION MONITORING; URBAN AREA;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 71749110146     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.09.062     Document Type: Article

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