Characterising the individual health risk in infants exposed to organochlorine pesticides via breast milk by applying appropriate margins of safety derived from estimated daily intakes

Chemosphere

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 158-163

  Hernik, A ^a   Goralczyk K ^a   Strucinski P ^a   Czaja, K ^a   Korcz, W ^a   Minorczyk, M ^a   Lyczewska M ^a   Ludwicki, J K ^a  

^a NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Intake; Margins of safety; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

HEALTH; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK PERCEPTION; SAFETY ENGINEERING;

ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INTAKE; MILK SAMPLE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; POTENTIAL RISKS; REFERENCE VALUES; STUDY GROUPS;

HEALTH RISKS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INFANT MORTALITY; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SAFETY; SECRETION;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; DIETARY INTAKE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LACTATION;

BRYOPHYTA;

EXPOSURE ASSESSMENT; INTAKE; MARGINS OF SAFETY; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84887185086     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.067     Document Type: Article

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