Levels of brominated flame retardants and other pesistent organic pollutants in breast milk samples from Limpopo province, South Africa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 19, 2011, Pages 4048-4053

  Darnerud, Per Ola ^a   Aune, Marie ^a   Larsson, Lotta ^a   Lignell, Sanna ^a   Mutshatshi, Tshinanne ^b   Okonkwo, Jonathan ^b   Botha, Ben ^b   Agyei, Nana ^c  

^a NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^b TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^c SEFAKO MAKGATHO HEALTH SCIENCES UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DDT; HBCD; PBDEs; PCBs; South Africa

Indexed keywords

BREAST MILK; DDT; HBCD; PBDES; PCBS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIPIDS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT; CHLORPHENOTANE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BREASTFEEDING; DDT; PBDE; PCB; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SOUTH AFRICA;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MILK, HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA;

LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; THOHOYANDOU;

EID: 80051787885     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.05.054     Document Type: Article

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