Levels and profiles of long-chain perfluorinated carboxylic acids in human breast milk and infant formulas in East Asia

Chemosphere

Volumn 86, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 315-321

  Fujii, Yukiko ^a   Yan, Junxia ^a   Harada, Kouji H ^a   Hitomi, Toshiaki ^a   Yang, Hyeran ^a   Wang, Peiyu ^b   Koizumi, Akio ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY GRADUATE SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (China)

Author keywords

Asia; China; Human breast milk; Japan; Korea; Perfluorinated carboxylic acids

Indexed keywords

RETAIL STORES;

ASIA; CHINA; HUMAN BREAST MILKS; JAPAN; KOREA; PERFLUORINATED CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORODECANOIC ACID; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID;

CARBOXYLIC ACID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEMOGRAPHY; FLUORINE; ORGANIC ACID; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BREAST MILK; CHINA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRINKING; FEMALE; FLUID INTAKE; HUMAN; JAPAN; KOREA; LACTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; SMOKING;

FAR EAST;

EID: 84855197044     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.10.035     Document Type: Article

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