Detection of dicofol and related pesticides in human breast milk from China, Korea and Japan

Chemosphere

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 25-31

  Fujii, Yukiko ^a   Haraguchi, Koichi ^b   Harada, Kouji H ^a   Hitomi, Toshiaki ^a   Inoue, Kayoko ^a   Itoh, Yoshiko ^b   Watanabe, Takao ^c   Takenaka, Katsunobu ^d   Uehara, Shigeki ^e   Yang, Hye Ran ^f   Kim, Min Young ^f   Moon, Chan Seok ^g   Kim, Hae Sook ^h   Wang, Peiyu ⁱ   Liu, Aiping ⁱ   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^j   Koizumi, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b DAIICHI UNIVERSITY OF PHARMACY   (Japan)

^c MIYAGI UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION   (Japan)

^d Takayama Red Cross Hospital   (Japan)

^e TOHOKU ROSAI HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f Seoul National University Boramae Hospital   (South Korea)

^g Catholic University of Pusan   (South Korea)

^h Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

ⁱ PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

^j HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

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Author keywords

China; DDTs; Dicofol; Human milk; Japan; Korea

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY;

CHINA; DDTS; DICOFOL; HUMAN MILK; JAPAN; KOREA;

METABOLITES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DICOFOL; PESTICIDE;

BREASTFEEDING; DDT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIPID; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEASUREMENT; MILK LEVEL; PYROLYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS;

BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; JAPAN; KOREA;

EID: 78650224906     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2010.10.036     Document Type: Article

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