Fifteen years of monitoring of POPs in the breast milk, Czech Republic, 1994-2009: Trends and factors

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1936-1943

  Mikeš, Ondřej ^a   Čupr, Pavel ^a   Kohút, Lukáš ^a   Krsková, Andrea ^b   Černá, Milena ^b  

^a MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech Republic; Effectiveness evaluation; Half lives of POPs in breast milk; Human breast milk; Long term trends; POPs monitoring; Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HALF LIFE; LACTATION; METABOLITE; MILK; MONITORING SYSTEM; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; PARITY; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; CZECH REPUBLIC; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; LINDANE; MILK, HUMAN; PARITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

CZECH REPUBLIC;

EID: 84864099433     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0798-z     Document Type: Article

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