Contamination of polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in breast milk in Korea: Time-course variation, influencing factors, and exposure assessment

Chemosphere

Volumn 93, Issue 8, 2013, Pages 1578-1585

  Lee, Sunggyu ^a   Kim, Sunmi ^b   Lee, Hyun Kyung ^a   Lee, In Seok ^c   Park, Jeongim ^d   Kim, Hai Joong ^e   Lee, Jeong Jae ^d   Choi, Gyuyeon ^d   Choi, Sooran ^f   Kim, Sungjoo ^f   Kim, Su Young ^g   Choi, Kyungho ^b   Kim, Sungkyoon ^b   Moon, Hyo Bang ^a  

^a Hanyang University   (South Korea)

^b Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^c National Fisheries Research and Development Institute (NFRDI)   (South Korea)

^d Soonchunhyang University   (South Korea)

^e Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^f Hallym University   (South Korea)

^g Jeju National University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Chlordane; Estimated daily intake; Health risk; Lactation; Threshold value

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; RISK PERCEPTION;

CHLORDANE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; LACTATION; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POTENTIAL HEALTH RISKS; THRESHOLD-VALUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

AGE; CHLORDANE; HEALTH RISK; LACTATION; LIPID; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SEAFOOD;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIAN; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INFANT; KOREA; LACTATION; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MATERNAL AGE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PREGNANT WOMAN; PUERPERIUM; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SEA FOOD;

KOREA;

CHLORDANE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; LACTATION; THRESHOLD VALUE;

ADULT; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84885837459     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.08.011     Document Type: Article

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