Dioxin levels in the breast milk and estradiol and androgen levels in the saliva of Vietnamese primiparae

Toxicological and Environmental Chemistry

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 824-838

  Nhu, Dang Duc ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^b   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^a   Thom, Le Thi Hong ^a   Naganuma, Rie ^b   Son, Le Ke ^c   Honma, Seijiro ^d   Maruzeni, Shoko ^e   Nishijo, Muneko ^e   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^e  

^a HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^b KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment Vietnam   (Viet Nam)

^d Grelan Pharmaceutical Co Ltd   (Japan)

^e KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Androgen; Dioxin; Estradiol; Hot spot; Saliva; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

ANDROGEN; DIOXIN; ESTRADIOL; HOT SPOT; SALIVA; VIET NAM;

BODY FLUIDS; HORMONES; TOXICITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ANDROGEN; DIOXIN; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HOT SPOT; MILK; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SALIVA;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79952939037     PISSN: 02772248     EISSN: 10290486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02772248.2011.552226     Document Type: Article

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