Body burden of POPs of Hong Kong residents, based on human milk, maternal and cord serum

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 142-151

  Tsang, Hin L ^a   Wu, Shengchun ^a   Leung, Clement K M ^b   Tao, S ^c   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Cord serum; DDTs; Human milk; Human serum; PAHs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; FISH; HEALTH RISKS; HISTOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE; TISSUE ENGINEERING;

CORD SERUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DDTS; ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HUMAN MILK; HUMAN SERUM; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLUORANTHENE; MILK FAT; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE;

BODY FLUID; DDT; HEALTH RISK; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PAH; PCB; RISK ASSESSMENT; SERUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; FRESHWATER FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INFANT; MARINE SPECIES; MATERNAL AGE; MATERNAL SERUM; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; TISSUE LEVEL; TISSUE TYPES; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 78349311740     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.08.010     Document Type: Article

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