ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE-RESIDUES AND POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS IN HUMAN-MILK FROM NORTHERN ADRIATIC REGION (CROATIA)

Authors
FRKOVIC A ZIVKOVIC A ALEBICJURETIC A
Citation
A. Frkovic et al., ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE-RESIDUES AND POLYCHLORINATED-BIPHENYLS IN HUMAN-MILK FROM NORTHERN ADRIATIC REGION (CROATIA), Fresenius environmental bulletin, 5(7-8), 1996, pp. 474-481
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Fresenius environmental bulletin → ACNP
ISSN journal
10184619
Volume
5
Issue
7-8
Year of publication
1996
Pages
474 - 481
Database
ISI
SICI code
1018-4619(1996)5:7-8<474:OPAPIH>2.0.ZU;2-T
Abstract
Organochlorine pesticide residues and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in a total of 31 samples of human milk collected in t he Rijeka Clinical Hospital. The levels of organochlorine compounds (O CC) found are the lowest, while the PCBs content highest ever detected in breast milk samples analysed in Croatia. No statistically signific ant difference was found in group comparison regarding mothers' age, p arity, residence, smoking habits, weight gain during pregnancy and fat content of human milk.