Residues of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in human milk in Hong Kong

Chemosphere

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 259-265

  Hedley, A J ^a   Hui, L L ^a   Kypke, K ^b   Malisch, R ^b   van Leeuwen, F X R ^c   Moy, G ^a,b,c,d,e   Wong, T W ^d   Nelson, E A S ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b The State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food Freiburg   (Germany)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^d CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^e CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Hong Kong; Human milk; Pearl River Delta; Persistent organic pollutants; Pesticide

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INSECTICIDES; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; RIVER POLLUTION;

CONTINUOUS MONITORING; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HONG-KONG; HUMAN MILK; PEARL RIVER DELTA; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CAMPHECLOR; CHLORDANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; NITROFEN; NONACHLOR; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BREAST MILK; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MATERNAL AGE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIMIPARA; PUERPERIUM; RESIDUE ANALYSIS;

CHINA; GUANGDONG; HONG KONG; ZHUJIANG DELTA;

EID: 77649237687     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.01.047     Document Type: Article

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