Levels of breast milk PBDEs from southern taiwan and their potential impact on neurodevelopment

Pediatric Research

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 596-600

  Chao, How Ran ^a   Tsou, Tsui Chun ^b   Huang, Huei Lin ^c   Chang Chien, Gou Ping ^d  

^a NATIONAL PINGTUNG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTES   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHENG SHIU UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER;

ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; COGNITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EMOTION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; INFANT; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEUROTOXICITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOMOTOR DEVELOPMENT; RATING SCALE; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; TAIWAN;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; COGNITION; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINEAR MODELS; MILK, HUMAN; PSYCHOMOTOR PERFORMANCE; TAIWAN;

EID: 80855130789     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1203/PDR.0b013e3182320b9b     Document Type: Article

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