Levels of dioxins and polybrominated diphenyl ethers in human milk from three regions of northern China and potential dietary risk factors

Chemosphere

Volumn 80, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1151-1159

  Sun, Suju ^a,b   Zhao, Jianhong ^b   Leng, Junhong ^c   Wang, Peiyu ^d   Wang, Yan ^d   Fukatsu, Hideo ^e   Liu, Dianwu ^b   Liu, Xuehui ^b   Kayama, Fujio ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HEBEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Tianjin Women and Children's Health Center   (China)

^d PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^e SRL INC   (Japan)

Author keywords

China; Dietary exposure; Dioxin; Dioxin like polychlorinated biphenyl; Human milk; Polybrominated diphenyl ether

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; ETHERS; FISH; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISKS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

CHINA; DIETARY EXPOSURE; DIOXIN; DIOXIN-LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; HUMAN MILK; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MILK FAT; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK FACTOR;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SEA;

CHINA; HEBEI; SHANDONG; SHIJIAZHUANG; TIANJIN; YANTAI;

EID: 77955423817     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.06.021     Document Type: Article

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