Salivary cortisol and cortisone levels, and breast milk dioxin concentrations in Vietnamese primiparas

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 92, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1939-1952

  Nhu, Dang Duc ^a,d   Kido, Teruhiko ^a   Naganuma, Rie ^a   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^a   Kuroda, Naoko ^a   Honma, Seijiro ^b   Tai, Pham The ^c   Maruzeni, Shoko ^c   Nishijo, Muneko ^c   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^c   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^d   Le Thom, Thi Hong ^d   Le Son, Ke ^e  

^a KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Kansai Medical University   (Japan)

^e Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cortisol; Cortisone; Dioxin; Hot spot; Saliva; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CORTISOL; CORTISONE; DIOXIN; HOT SPOT; SALIVA; VIET NAM;

BODY FLUIDS; ECOLOGY; HERBICIDES;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOT SPOT; LACTATION; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY; SUBLETHAL EFFECT;

VIET NAM;

EID: 77958478993     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2010.484247     Document Type: Article

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