Partition of environmental chemicals between maternal and fetal blood and tissues

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 1121-1126

  Needham, Larry L ^a,b   Grandjean, Philippe ^c,d   Heinzow, Birger ^e   Jørgensen, Poul J ^f   Nielsen, Flemming ^c   Sjödin, Andreas ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^a   Turner, Wayman E ^a   Weihe, Pal ^b  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d State Agency for Social Services Schleswig Holstein   (Germany)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f FAROESE HOSPITAL SYSTEM   (Faroe Islands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORD BLOOD; CORD SERUM; DEGREE OF CHLORINATION; DEGREE OF CORRELATIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICALS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; MATERNAL SERUM; ORGANOHALOGEN COMPOUNDS; PERFLUORINATED COMPOUNDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL CONGENER; SAMPLE SETS;

BLOOD; CADMIUM; CHEMICALS; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HISTOLOGY; MARINE POLLUTION; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SELENIUM;

TISSUE;

BENZENE; BIPHENYL; CADMIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; LEAD; LINDANE; MERCURY; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLORBENZENE; SELENIUM; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; HEAVY METAL; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MILK; ORGANOHALOGEN; POLLUTION EFFECT; SERUM; TOXICOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; FETUS BLOOD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MATERNAL BLOOD; MILK; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; FLUOROCARBONS; HAIR; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; METALS, HEAVY; MILK, HUMAN; OCTANOIC ACIDS; PESTICIDES; PLACENTA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; UMBILICAL CORD; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79851499060     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1019614     Document Type: Article

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