PBDE levels in breast milk are decreasing in California

Chemosphere

Volumn 150, Issue , 2016, Pages 505-513

  Guo, Weihong ^a   Holden, Arthur ^a   Smith, Sabrina Crispo ^a,b   Gephart, Rosanne ^c   Petreas, Myrto ^a   Park, June Soo ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b Sequoia Foundation   (United States)

^c Women's Health and Birth Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Breast milk; Cord blood; Maternal blood; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTATION; BREAST MILK; BREAST MILK SAMPLES; CONGENER PROFILES; CORD BLOOD; MATERNAL BLOODS; PBDES; SAMPLE EXTRACTION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BREASTFEEDING; EXTRACTION METHOD; MATERNAL HEALTH; MILK; PBDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRY WEIGHT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; LIPID ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL SERUM; PUERPERIUM; QUALITY CONTROL; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FETUS BLOOD; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHER; POLLUTANT;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BREAST FEEDING; CALIFORNIA; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETAL BLOOD; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; INFANT; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; MOTHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84960802834     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2015.11.032     Document Type: Article

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