Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in breast milk of first-time Irish mothers: Impact of the 2008 dioxin incident in Ireland

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 865-872

  Pratt, Iona S ^a   Anderson, Wayne A ^a   Crowley, Dominique ^b   Daly, Sean F ^c   Evans, Rhodri I ^a   Fernandes, Alwyn R ^d   Fitzgerald, Margaret ^b   Geary, Michael P ^e   Keane, Declan P ^f   Malisch, Rainer ^g   McBride, John ^h   Morrison, John J ⁱ   Reilly, Alan ^a   Tlustos, Christina ^a  

^a FOOD SAFETY AUTHORITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE   (Ireland)

^c Tallaght and Coombe Women's and Infant's University Hospital   (Ireland)

^d FOOD AND ENVIRONMENT RESEARCH AGENCY   (United Kingdom)

^e ROTUNDA HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^f NATIONAL MATERNITY HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^g State Institute for Chemical and Veterinary Analysis of Food   (Germany)

^h The State Laboratory   (Ireland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Human milk; Irish dioxin incident; PCBs; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

MAMMALS; MEATS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CONTAMINANT CONCENTRATIONS; ELEVATED CONCENTRATIONS; HUMAN MILK; IRISH DIOXIN INCIDENT; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

DIOXIN; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BREASTFEEDING; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD CONSUMPTION; MILK; POLLUTION EFFECT; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHLORINATION; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRELAND; PORK;

IRELAND;

ANIMALIA; SUIDAE;

EID: 84861691594     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.03.095     Document Type: Article

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