Brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in human breast milk from several locations in India: Potential contaminant sources in a municipal dumping site

Environment International

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 87-95

  Devanathan, Gnanasekaran ^a   Subramanian, Annamalai ^a   Sudaryanto, Agus ^b   Takahashi, Shin ^a   Isobe, Tomohiko ^b   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dumping site; HBCDs; Human milk; India; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; IMPURITIES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK PERCEPTION;

DUMPING SITE; HBCDS; HUMAN MILK; INDIA; PBDES; PCBS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIPHENYL ETHER; FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYSTYRENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; CHILD HEALTH; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HEALTH RISK; MILK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUMPING; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FREEZE DRYING; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDIA; LANDFILL; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION;

INDIA;

EID: 80755184760     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.10.005     Document Type: Article

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