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- Title
Do human milk concentrations of persistent organic chemicals really decline during lactation? Chemical concentrations during lactation and milk/serum partitioning.
- Authors
LaKind, Judy S; Berlin, Cheston M, Jr; Sjödin, Andreas; Turner, Wayman; Wang, Richard Y; Needham, Larry L; Paul, Ian M; Stokes, Jennifer L; Naiman, Daniel Q; Patterson, Donald G, Jr
- Abstract
Conventional wisdom regarding exposures to persistent organic chemicals via breast-feeding assumes that concentrations decline over the course of lactation and that the mother's body burden reflects her cumulative lifetime exposure. Two important implications stemming from these lines of thought are, first, that assessments of early childhood exposures should incorporate decreasing breast milk concentrations over lactation; and, second, that there is little a breast-feeding mother can do to reduce her infant's exposures via breast-feeding because of the cumulative nature of these chemicals.
- Publication
Environmental health perspectives, 2009, Vol 117, Issue 10, p1625
- ISSN
1552-9924
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1289/ehp.0900876