Residual congener pattern of dioxins in human breast milk in southern Vietnam

Chemosphere

Volumn 84, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 979-986

  Tawara, Kenji ^a,b   Nishijo, Muneko ^a   Maruzeni, Shoko ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Naganuma, Rie ^c   Suzuki, Hiroyuki ^c   Nhu, Dang Duc ^c,d   Hung, Nguyen Ngoc ^d   Thom, Le Thi Hong ^d  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b HYOGO COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HANOI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Agent Orange; Breast milk; PCDD DFs; Pentachlorophenol; Residual congener pattern; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

CAMS; CITRUS FRUITS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PHENOLS; WEED CONTROL;

BREAST MILK; CONGENER PATTERN; PCDD/DFS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; VIET NAM;

HERBICIDES;

2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOXY ACID; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOXY ACID; CHLOROPHENOL 2,4 DIPHENOL; DIOXIN; FURAN; HERBICIDE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; LACTATION; MILK; PCDD; PCDF; PCP; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WOMENS HEALTH;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PREGNANCY; VIET NAM;

VIET NAM;

EID: 79960332415     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.05.041     Document Type: Article

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