ENDIS-RISKS
Endocrine Disruption in the Scheldt estuary:
distribution, exposure and effects
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ED North Database
Hexachlorobenzene
Study details
Groupmammalian
OrganismHuman
Tissue
AgeNeonate
InVivoIn vivo
LabField
Flow
Duration
RouteBreast milk
Temperature
ConcentrationMedian: 0.06-0.51 mg/kg
NotesBreast milk of women sampled from 1986 to 1997
Described effects
suspected endocrine effect
Possitive correlation between concentration levels and decreased female birth weights
Literature references
Schade, G., Heinzow, B.(1998). Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in human milk of mothers living in northern Germany: Current extent of contamination, time trend from 1986 to 1997 and factors that influence the level of contamination.Sci. Total Environ., 215: 31-39
Data compiled by the Research Group Environmental Toxicology, Laboratory of Environmental Toxicology and Aquatic Ecology, Ghent University, Belgium.
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