Lessons from the polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs): precautionary principle, primary prevention, and the value of community-based body-burden monitoring using breast milk.
Levels of chemicals in humans (body burdens) are useful indicators of environmental quality and of community health. Chemical body burdens are easily monitored using breast milk samples collected from first-time mothers (primiparae) with infants 2-8 weeks of age. Currently, there is no body-burden m...
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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2003
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1241314/ |