Polybrominated biphenyl ethers in breast milk and infant formula from Shanghai, China: Temporal trends, daily intake, and risk assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 508-515

  Zhang, Xiaolan ^a   Zhang, Kaiqiong ^a   Yang, Dan ^a   Ma, Li ^a   Lei, Bingli ^a   Zhang, Xinyu ^a   Zhou, Jing ^b   Fang, Xiangming ^c   Yu, Yingxin ^a  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b Shanghai Institute of Quality Inspection and Technical Research   (China)

^c Shanghai Luwan Maternity and Infant Health Hospital   (China)

Author keywords

Daily intake; Human milk; Infant formula; Polybrominated biphenyl ethers; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

ETHERS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CARCINOGENIC EFFECTS; DAILY INTAKE; ESTIMATED DAILY INTAKES; HUMAN MILK; INFANT FORMULA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL ETHERS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); SHANGHAI , CHINA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

BREASTFEEDING; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH RISK; MILK; PBDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TEMPORAL VARIATION; TREND ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL MILK; BODY MASS; BREAST MILK; CHINA; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MATERNAL AGE; MOTHER; MULTIPARA; PARITY; PRIMIPARA; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREND STUDY; ANALYSIS; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMISTRY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; INFANT; METABOLISM; NEWBORN; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT FORMULA; INFANT, NEWBORN; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 84906671780     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.034     Document Type: Article

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