Current concentrations, temporal trends and determinants of persistent organic pollutants in breast milk of New Zealand women

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 399-407

  Mannetje, Andrea 't ^a   Coakley, Jonathan ^a   Bridgen, Phil ^b   Brooks, Collin ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^c   Smith, Allan H ^d   Pearce, Neil ^e   Douwes, Jeroen ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b Waiwhetu   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; Human milk; New Zealand; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; HUMAN MILK; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP);

INSECTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOMONITORING; BODY FLUID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PESTICIDE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MATERNAL AGE; NEW ZEALAND; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TREND STUDY; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS INDEX; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS; MILK, HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; PREGNANCY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84877915699     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.055     Document Type: Article

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