Evaluating the effectiveness of fish consumption advisories: Modeling prenatal, postnatal, and childhood exposures to persistent organic pollutants

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 178-186

  Binnington, Matthew J ^a   Quinn, Cristina L ^a   McLachlan, Michael S ^b   Wania, Frank ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

2, 2', 4, 4', 5, 5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADVISORY COMMITTEE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUTRITION POLICY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84893372977     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.1206380     Document Type: Article

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