Urinary And Breast Milk Biomarkers To Assess Exposure Ro Naphthalene In Pregnant Women: An Investigation Of Personal And Indoor Air Sources

Authors

Amanda J. Wheeler, Edith Cowan UniversityFollow
Nina A. Dobbin
Marie-Eve Heroux
Mandy Fisher
Liu Sun
Cheryl F. Khoury
Russ Hauser
Mark Walker
Tim Ramsay
Jean-Francois Bienvenu
Alain LeBlanc
Eric Daigle
Eric Gaudreau
Patrick Belanger
Mark Feeley
Pierre Ayotte
Tye E Arbuckle

Document Type

Journal Article

Publisher

BioMed Central Ltd

Faculty

Faculty of Health, Engineering and Science

School

School of Natural Sciences / Centre for Ecosystem Management

RAS ID

17941

Comments

Wheeler, A. J., Dobbin, N., Heroux, M., Fisher, M., Sun, L., Khoury, C., Hauser, R., Walker, M., Ramsay, T., Bienvenu, J., LeBlanc, A., Daigle, E., Gaudreau, E., Belanger, P., Feeley, M., Ayotte, P., & Arbuckle, T. (2014). Urinary and breast milk biomarkers to assess exposure to naphthalene in pregnant women: an investigation of personal and indoor air sources. Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source, 13(1), Article 30. Available here

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Abstract

Naphthalene exposures for most non-occupationally exposed individuals occur primarily indoors at home. Residential indoor sources include pest control products (specifically moth balls), incomplete combustion such as cigarette smoke, woodstoves and cooking, some consumer and building products, and emissions from gasoline sources found in attached garages. The study aim was to assess naphthalene exposure in pregnant women from Canada, using air measurements and biomarkers of exposure.

DOI

10.1186/1476-069X-13-30

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