Brominated and fluorinated organic pollutants in the breast milk of first-time Irish mothers: is there a relationship to levels in food?

Food Additives and Contaminants - Part A

Volumn 30, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1788-1798

  Pratt, Iona ^a   Anderson, Wayne ^a   Crowley, Dominique ^b   Daly, Sean ^c   Evans, Rhodri ^a   Fernandes, Alwyn ^d   Fitzgerald, Margaret ^b   Geary, Michael ^e   Keane, Declan ^f   Morrison, John J ^g   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 UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

breast milk; brominated flame retardants; emerging BFRs; HBCD; mixed halogenated dioxins and biphenyls; PBBs; PBDD Fs; PBDEs; PCN; persistent organic pollutants; PFAS

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; DAIRIES; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATION; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BREAST MILK; BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS; EMERGING BFRS; HBCD; MIXED HALOGENATED DIOXINS AND BIPHENYLS; PBBS; PBDD/FS; PBDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PFAS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 2,3,7,8 TETRABROMO DIBENZODIOXIN; ALPHA HEXABROMOBENZENE; BETA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; BIPHENYL; BIS(2,4,6 TRIBROMOPHENOXYETHANE); DECABROMODIPHENYLETHANE; DIOXIN; FLAME RETARDANT; GAMMA HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; BROMINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENANTIOMER; FEMALE; FLUORINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; IRELAND; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MOTHER; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FLAME RETARDANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HALOGENATION; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; IRELAND; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MILK, HUMAN; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84885178113     PISSN: 19440049     EISSN: 14645122     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19440049.2013.822569     Document Type: Article

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