An evaluation of the sexual differences in the accumulation of organochlorine compounds in children at birth and at the age of 4 years

Environmental Research

Volumn 110, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 244-250

  Grimalt, Joan O ^a   Carrizo, Daniel ^a   Garí, Mercè ^a   Font Ribera, Laia ^a   Ribas Fito, Nuria ^b   Torrent, Maties ^c   Sunyer, Jordi ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^b CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^c IB SALUT ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

4,4 DDE; Background concentrations of organochlorine compounds in children sera; Breastfeeding; Newborns; Organochlorine compounds; Persistent organic pollutants; Pollutants in cord serum; Polychlorobiphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ACCUMULATION; AGE STRUCTURE; BREASTFEEDING; CHILD; DDE; GENDER IDENTITY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; SERUM;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE;

BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS;

BALEARIC ISLANDS; MEDITERRANEAN SEA; MINORCA; SPAIN;

EID: 77949269492     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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