Assessment of organochlorine pesticides in human milk and risk exposure to infants from North-East India

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 409, Issue 23, 2011, Pages 4939-4949

  Mishra, K ^a   Sharma, Ramesh C ^a  

^a H N B GARHWAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

DDT; HCH; Human breast milk; India; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

DDT; HCH; HUMAN BREAST MILK; INDIA; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

PESTICIDES; RISK MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; MILK FAT;

BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; HCH; HEALTH RISK; INFANT FEEDING; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT NUTRITION; MATERNAL AGE; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGE FACTORS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; LINDANE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

INDIA;

EID: 80053455257     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2011.07.038     Document Type: Article

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