Accumulation of polychlorinated biphenyls and brominated flame retardants in breast milk from women living in Vietnamese e-waste recycling sites

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2155-2162

  Tue, Nguyen Minh ^a   Sudaryanto, Agus ^b   Minh, Tu Binh ^c   Isobe, Tomohiko ^b   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Viet, Pham Hung ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Breast milk; E waste; Exposure pathway; HBCD; PBDE; PCB

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; E-WASTE; E-WASTE RECYCLERS; EXPOSURE PATHWAYS; HUMAN BREAST; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; RECYCLERS; REFERENCE DOSE; REFERENCE GROUP; REFERENCE SITES;

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; FLAME RETARDANTS; ONLINE SEARCHING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

BROMINE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BREASTFEEDING; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; WASTE FACILITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DOMESTIC WASTE; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INFANT; LIFESTYLE; LIPID DIET; MILK LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RESIDENTIAL AREA; VIET NAM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77649181286     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.01.012     Document Type: Article

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