ED North Database | Hexachlorobenzene |
Study details | Group | mammalian | Organism | Human | Tissue | | Age | Neonate | InVivo | In vivo | Lab | Field | Flow | | Duration | | Route | Breast milk | Temperature | | Concentration | Median: 0.06-0.51 mg/kg | Notes | Breast milk of women sampled from 1986 to 1997 |
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Described effects | | suspected endocrine effect Possitive correlation between concentration levels and decreased female birth weights |
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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 |
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