Occurrence and levels of organochlorine compounds in human breast milk in Bangladesh

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 784-790

  Bergkvist, Charlotte ^a   Aune, Marie ^b   Nilsson, Ingrid ^b   Sandanger, Torkjel M ^c,d   Hamadani, Jena Derakhshani ^e   Tofail, Fahmida ^e   Oyvind Odland, Jon ^c   Kabir, Iqbal ^e   Vahter, Marie ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL FOOD ADMINISTRATION   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR DIARRHOEAL DISEASE RESEARCH   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Bangladesh; Breast milk; DDTs; Infant exposure; Organochlorines; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; METABOLITES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BANGLADESH; BREAST MILK; DDTS; INFANT EXPOSURE; ORGANOCHLORINES;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BREASTFEEDING; HEALTH MONITORING; HEALTH RISK; INFANT MORTALITY; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BODY BURDEN; BODY WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN;

BANGLADESH; MATLAB;

EID: 84861660683     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.083     Document Type: Article

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