Distribution of perfluorochemicals between sera and milk from the same mothers and implications for prenatal and postnatal exposures

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 159, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 169-174

  Kim, Seung Kyu ^a   Lee, Kyu Tae ^b   Kang, Chang Seong ^c   Tao, Lin ^d   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^d   Kim, Kyung Ryul ^a   Kim, Chan Kook ^b   Lee, Jung Suk ^b   Park, Pan Soo ^b   Yoo, Yung Wook ^c   Ha, Jeong Yi ^c   Shin, Yong Seung ^e   Lee, Jong Hyeon ^b  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b NeoEnBiz Co   (South Korea)

^c Korea Electric Power Research Institute (KEPRI)   (South Korea)

^d STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^e Korea Environment Institute (KEI)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Daily intake; Neonate; Perfluorinated compounds; Serum; Transplacental and lactational exposure

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; DAILY INTAKE; LACTATIONAL EXPOSURE; NEONATE; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; SERUM;

SULFUR COMPOUNDS; WATER ANALYSIS;

BODY FLUIDS;

PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUOROCARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

LACTATION; MILK; NEONATE; ORGANOFLUORINE; PREGNANCY; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD COMPONENT; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL SERUM; MILK LEVEL; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POSTNATAL EXPOSURE; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; FEMALE; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; SULFONAMIDES;

EID: 78349308015     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2010.09.008     Document Type: Article

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