Journal article
Infant dietary exposure to dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dlPCBs), polybrominated and mixed halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PBDD/Fs and PXDD/Fs) in milk samples of lactating mothers in Accra, Ghana
Abstract
In this study, polybrominated and mixed halogenated dibenzo-p-dioxins and furans (PBDD/Fs and PXDD/Fs), and dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (dlPCBs) were quantified in 24 human milk samples of first-time lactating mothers from Greater Accra region in Ghana. The aims of the study were to determine the concentrations and toxic equivalent concentrations of PBDD/F, PXDD/F and dlPCBs in human milk, and to estimate an infant's daily intake. The …
Authors
Bruce-Vanderpuije P; Megson D; Jones GR; Jobst K; Reiner E; Clarke E; Adu-Kumi S; Gardella JA
Journal
Chemosphere, Vol. 263, No. Organohalogen compounds 72 2010,
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
January 2021
DOI
10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128156
ISSN
0045-6535