Spatial and temporal trends of the Stockholm Convention POPs in mothers’ milk — a global review

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 8989-9041

  Fång, Johan ^a,b   Nyberg, Elisabeth ^b   Winnberg, Ulrika ^a   Bignert, Anders ^b   Bergman, Åke ^a,c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (Sweden)

^c Swedish Toxicology Sciences Research Center (Swetox)   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DDT; Dioxin; HBCDD; HCB; HCH; PBDE; Persistent organic pollutants; Stockholm Convention

Indexed keywords

CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); LITERATURE REVIEW; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION;

AFRICA; ASIA; EUROPE; NORTH AMERICA;

DANGEROUS GOODS; DIOXIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREAST MILK; CHEMISTRY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HEALTH; HUMAN; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; TIME;

DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HUMANS; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84931578179     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-015-4080-z     Document Type: Article

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