Perchlorate exposure in lactating women in an urban community in New Jersey

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 460-464

  Borjan, Marija ^a   Marcella, Stephen ^a   Blount, Benjamin ^b   Greenberg, Michael ^c   Zhang, Junfeng ^a   Murphy, Eileen ^d   Valentin Blasini, Liza ^b   Robson, Mark ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d New Jersey Division of Science Research and Technology   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Drinking water; Perchlorate; Urine

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEMS; DRINKING WATER; HIGH DOSE; NEW JERSEY; PERCHLORATE; PERCHLORATE EXPOSURE; PERCHLORATE LEVELS; REFERENCE RANGE; ROCKET PROPULSION SYSTEMS; SKELETAL SYSTEM; TRACE CONTAMINANTS; URBAN COMMUNITY; URINE;

BODY FLUIDS; IODINE; PROPULSION;

POTABLE WATER;

CREATININE; DRINKING WATER; PERCHLORATE;

DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; IODINE; PERCHLORATE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MILK LEVEL; MOTHER FETUS RELATIONSHIP; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; NEW JERSEY; PERCHLORIC ACID; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

NEW JERSEY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78649858118     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.10.045     Document Type: Article

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