Accumulation of brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls in human breast milk and scalp hair from the Philippines: Levels, distribution and profiles

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 442, Issue , 2013, Pages 366-379

  Malarvannan, Govindan ^a,b   Isobe, Tomohiko ^a,c   Covaci, Adrian ^b   Prudente, Maricar ^d   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d DE LA SALLE UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

HBCDs; Human breast milk; PBDEs; PCBs; Philippines; Scalp hair

Indexed keywords

HBCDS; HUMAN BREAST MILKS; PBDES; PCBS; PHILIPPINES; SCALP HAIR;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

FLAME RETARDANT; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BROMINATED HYDROCARBON;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HAIR; MILK; PBDE; PCB; BIOACCUMULATION; BREASTFEEDING; POLLUTION EFFECT; PUBLIC HEALTH; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MULTIPARA; PHILIPPINES; PRIMIPARA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCALP HAIR; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHINA; CONTAMINATION; DUMPING; GREECE; HUMAN TISSUE; ROMANIA; SPAIN; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HAIR; METHODOLOGY; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARD; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

MALATE; MANILA; NATIONAL CAPITAL REGION; PAYATAS; PHILIPPINES; BELGIUM; CHINA; GREECE; ROMANIA; SPAIN;

ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MILK, HUMAN; PHILIPPINES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; URBANIZATION;

EID: 84869886019     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.10.005     Document Type: Article

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