Analysis of human milk to assess exposure to PAHs, PCBs and organochlorine pesticides in the vicinity Mediterranean city Mersin, Turkey

Environment International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 63-69

  Çok, Ismet ^a   Mazmanci, Birgul ^b   Mazmanci, Mehmet A ^b   Turgut, Cafer ^c   Henkelmann, Bernhard ^d   Schramm, Karl Werner ^d,e  

^a GAZI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MERSIN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ADNAN MENDERES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

^e TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Human milk; OCPs; PAHs; PCBs; POPs; Turkey

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROCARBONS; NAPHTHALENE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

HUMAN MILK; OCPS; PAHS; PCBS; POPS; TURKEY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; FLUORANTHENE; HEPTACHLOR EPOXIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 118; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 138; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON DERIVATIVE; PYRENE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; HCH; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PAH; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DIETARY REFERENCE INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLUTION MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

MERSIN [TURKEY]; TURKEY;

EID: 84855171403     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2011.11.012     Document Type: Article

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