Polychlorinated dioxins, furans (PCDD/Fs), and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and their trends in Canadian human milk from 1992 to 2005

Chemosphere

Volumn 102, Issue , 2014, Pages 76-86

  Ryan, John Jake ^a   Rawn, Dorothea F K ^a  

^a HEALTH CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Human milk; PCBs; PCDD PCDFs; Trends; WHO2005 TEQ

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

2 ,3 ,7 ,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO P DIOXINS; HUMAN MILK; PCDD/PCDFS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; TRENDS; WHO2005-TEQ;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; MILK FAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DATA SET; MILK; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TCDD; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CANADA; CANADIAN HUMAN MILK; DONOR; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; QUALITY CONTROL; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

AUSTIN; CANADA; HAMILTON [ONTARIO]; NUNAVIK; ONTARIO [CANADA]; QUEBEC [CANADA]; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

HUMAN MILK; PCBS; PCDD/PCDFS; TRENDS; WHO2005-TEQ;

ADULT; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; DIOXINS; FEMALE; FURANS; HUMANS; LIPIDS; MILK, HUMAN; ONTARIO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUEBEC; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84893925893     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.12.065     Document Type: Article

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