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Shen, H. ; Main, K.M.* ; Virtanen, H.E.* ; Damggard, I.N.* ; Haavisto, A.M.* ; Kaleva, M.* ; Boisen, K.A.* ; Schmidt, I.M.* ; Chellakooty, M.* ; Skakkebaek, N.E.* ; Toppari, J.* ; Schramm, K.-W.

From mother to child: Investigation of prenatal and postnatal exposure to persistent bioaccumulating toxicants using breast milk and placenta biomonitoring.

Chemosphere 67, S256-S262 (2007)
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The exposure levels of placenta and paired breast milk samples to selected organochlorine compounds and pesticides from Danish and Finnish samples have been investigated. p,p?-DDE is the dominant pollutant, ?-HCH, hexachlorobenzene, endosulfan-I, dieldrin, oxychlordane, cis-heptachlor epoxide and p,p?-DDT being the other major constituents. Their concentrations are linearly correlated between milk and placenta in similar patterns for Danish and Finnish samples. Milk samples have higher levels of these pollutants than placenta on lipid base. However, the apparently not correlated compounds, such as ?-HCH, pentachlorobenzene, pentachloroanisole and methoxychlor, are generally accumulated more in placenta, which may suggest a tissue specific metabolic activity. Thus, depending on the compound of interest, biomonitoring may be done in placenta only or in both matrices.
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Publication type Article: Journal article
Document type Scientific Article
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Keywords Persistent bioaccumulating toxicant; Placenta; Breast milk; Finnish sample; Danish sample; Biomonitoring
ISSN (print) / ISBN 0045-6535
e-ISSN 1879-1298
Journal Chemosphere
Quellenangaben Volume: 67, Issue: 9, Pages: S256-S262 Article Number: , Supplement: ,
Publisher Elsevier
Publishing Place Kidlington, Oxford
Non-patent literature Publications
Reviewing status Peer reviewed
Institute(s) Institute of Ecological Chemistry (IOEC)