The effect of waste combustion on the occurrence of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk in Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 1-8

  Ulaszewska, Maria M ^a,b   Zuccato, Ettore ^a   Capri, Ettore ^b   Iovine, Reginaldo ^c   Colombo, Andrea ^a   Rotella, Giuseppe ^a   Generoso, Caterina ^a   Grassi, Paola ^a   Melis, Manuela ^a   Fanelli, Roberto ^a  

^a MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITÀ CATTOLICA DEL SACRO CUORE   (Italy)

^c Ospedale S Giuliano   (Italy)

Author keywords

Accidental exposure; Human biomonitoring; Principal component analysis; Waste combustion

Indexed keywords

LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE INCINERATION;

ACCIDENTAL EXPOSURES; BREAST MILK SAMPLES; EUROPEAN DIRECTIVE; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; WASTE COMBUSTION;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; BREASTFEEDING; COMBUSTION; ENVIRONMENTAL LEGISLATION; MILK; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; COMBUSTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; ITALY; LAW; MILK LEVEL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ITALY;

EID: 78650195488     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.044     Document Type: Article

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