Comparison of the concentrations of polychlorinated biphenyls and dioxins in mothers affected by the Yusho incident and their children

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 928-935

  Tsukimori, Kiyomi ^a   Uchi, Hiroshi ^b,c   Mitoma, Chikage ^b,c   Yasukawa, Fumiko ^b,c   Fukushima, Kotaro ^c   Todaka, Takashi ^b   Kajiwara, Junboku ^d   Yoshimura, Takesumi ^d   Hirata, Teruaki ^d   Wake, Norio ^c   Furue, Masutaka ^b,c  

^a FUKUOKA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Body burdens; Children's blood levels; Dioxin; Maternal blood; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Yusho

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLOOD LEVELS; BODY BURDEN; DIOXIN; MATERNAL BLOODS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); YUSHO;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CHILD HEALTH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIOXIN; MATERNAL EFFECT; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; NEONATE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; YUSHO DISEASE;

CHINA;

EID: 79960300276     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.009     Document Type: Article

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