Infant exposure of perfluorinated compounds: Levels in breast milk and commercial baby food

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 584-592

  Llorca, Marta ^a   Farré, Marinella ^a   Picó, Yolanda ^b   Teijón, Marisa Lopez ^c,d   Álvarez, Juan G ^c,d   Barceló, Damià ^a,e  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^c Instituto Marques   (Spain)

^d Fundacion Leonardo Marques   (Spain)

^e KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Baby food; Breast milk; Infant formulas; LC QLIT MS; Perfluorinated chemicals

Indexed keywords

CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; PHASE SEPARATION; RETAIL STORES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION;

BABY FOODS; BREAST MILK; INFANT FORMULA; LC-QLIT-MS; PERFLUORINATED CHEMICALS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

PERFLUORO 7 METHYLOCTANOIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREASTFEEDING; CEREAL; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIGESTION; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; INGESTION RATE; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; ORGANOFLUORINE;

ALKALINE DIGESTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BABY FOOD; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CEREAL; CONTAINER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD INTAKE; FOOD PACKAGING; HUMAN; ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETRY; LEACHING; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAMPLING; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION;

BARCELONA [CATALONIA]; CATALONIA; SPAIN;

EID: 77953615699     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.04.016     Document Type: Article

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