Dioxin exposure in breast milk and infant neurodevelopment in Vietnam

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 656-662

  Tai, Pham The ^a,b   Nishijo, Muneko ^a   Anh, Nguyen Thi Nguyet ^a   Maruzeni, Shoko ^a   Nakagawa, Hideaki ^a   Van Luong, Hoang ^b   Anh, Tran Hai ^b   Honda, Ryumon ^a   Kido, Teruhiko ^c   Nishijo, Hisao ^d  

^a KANAZAWA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BAYLEY SCALES OF INFANT DEVELOPMENT; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; PERINATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; VIET NAM;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; COHORT STUDIES; DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MATERNAL-FETAL EXCHANGE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; MILK, HUMAN; PREGNANCY; RISK ASSESSMENT; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882450081     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: 14707926     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oemed-2012-101021     Document Type: Article

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