Polybrominated diphenyl ethers, polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in human milk as markers of environmental exposure to these compounds

Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 113-118

  Hernik, Agnieszka ^a   Góralczyk, Katarzyna ^a   Struciński, Paweł ^a   Czaja, Katarzyna ^a   Kucharska, Agnieszka ^a   Korcz, Wojciech ^a   Snopczyński, Tomasz ^a   Ludwicki, Jan Krzysztof ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF HYGIENE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Human milk; Organochlorine pesticides; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID COMPOSITION; POLAND;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDES; POLAND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960370343     PISSN: 12321966     EISSN: 18982263     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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