Comparisons of polybrominated diphenyl ethers levels in paired South Korean cord blood, maternal blood, and breast milk samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 97-104

  Kim, Tae Hyung ^a   Bang, Du Yeon ^b   Lim, Hyun Jung ^a   Jin Won, A ^a   Ahn, Mee Young ^a   Patra, Nabanita ^a   Chung, Ki Kyung ^c   Kwack, Seung Jun ^c   Park, Kui Lea ^c   Han, Soon Young ^c   Choi, Wahn Soo ^e   Han, Jung Yeol ^d   Lee, Byung Mu ^b   Oh, Jeong Eun ^a   Yoon, Jeong Hyun ^a   Lee, Jaewon ^a   Kim, Hyung Sik ^a  

^a Pusan National University   (South Korea)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^c Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

^d Catholic Kwandong University   (South Korea)

^e Konkuk University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cord blood; Maternal blood; Polybrominated diphenyl ethers; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

ENDOCRINOLOGY; ETHERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; HORMONES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BREAST MILK; CORD BLOOD; MATERNAL BLOODS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); THYROID HORMONES;

BLOOD;

LIPID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BLOOD; BREASTFEEDING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CORRELATION; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; ETHER; HEALTH RISK; HORMONE; MEASUREMENT METHOD; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; MATERNAL BLOOD; SOUTH KOREA; THYROID HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

SOUTH KOREA;

EID: 84856780579     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.11.074     Document Type: Article

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