Table 5.

Mean content of selected organochlorine pesticides in breast milk—continued.

Lactation Period	α-HCH	γ-HCH	β-HCH	δ-HCH	p,p′-DDE	p,p′-DDD	p,p′-DDT
	ng/g lipids
<7 days	3.15 ± 0.12 a	3.13 ± 0.30	3.19 ± 0.26	3.18 ± 0.26	0.115 ± 0.013	0.118 ± 0.020	0.132 ± 0.057
7 days	4.05 ± 1.45	4.53 ± 1.72	4.36 ± 1.53	4.68 ± 1.80	0.221 ± 0.065	0.245 ± 0.080	0.239 ± 0.072
14 days	3.71 ± 0.962	4.01 ± 1.65	3.80 ± 1.53	4.37 ± 1.49	0.186 ± 0.056	0.208 ± 0.066	0.203 ± 0.057
21 days	3.25 ± 1.06	3.43 ± 2.17	3.24 ± 1.95	3.57 ± 1.50	0.161 ± 0.044	0.189 ± 0.052	0.185 ± 0.042
28 days	3.71 ± 1.93	4.01 ± 1.79	4.08 ± 2.23	3.92 ± 2.06	0.140 ± 0.027	0.147 ± 0.022	0.159 ± 0.011
2nd month	2.88 ± 2.06	3.30 ± 1.80	2.88 ± 2.06	3.63 ± 1.57	0.138 ± 0.054	0.162 ± 0.059	0.159 ± 0.057
3rd month	2.54 ± 1.10	2.95 ± 1.51	2.41 ± 1.88	3.14 ± 1.44	0.111 ± 0.051	0.126 ± 0.055	0.127 ± 0.054
4th month	2.54 ± 2.19	2.70 ± 2.08	2.15 ± 1.99	2.50 ± 1.53	0.111 ± 0.075	0.125 ± 0.079	0.121 ± 0.076
5th month	2.00 ± 1.86	2.22 ± 1.53	1.94 ± 1.91	2.13 ± 1.74	0.085 ± 0.069	0.094 ± 0.064	0.101 ± 0.071
6th month	1.56 ± 1.16	1.75 ± 1.92	1.42 ± 1.07	1.37 ± 1.31	0.066 ± 0.060	0.072 ± 0.049	0.074 ± 0.051
7th month	1.67 ± 1.19	1.39 ± 1.99	1.37 ± 1.09	1.24 ± 1.82	0.088 ± 0.072	0.088 ± 0.050	0.082 ± 0.055
8th month	1.63 ± 2.49	1.70 ± 1.78	1.09 ± 1.84	1.76 ± 1.74	0.097 ± 0.057	0.086 ± 0.048	0.082 ± 0.049
9th month	1.00 ± 1.56	0.814 ± 1.28	0.61 ± 0.87	1.04 ± 1.66	0.082 ± 0.026	0.068 ± 0.016	0.071 ± 0.044
10th month	1.98 ± 3.31	1.39 ± 2.28	0.98 ± 1.56	0.44 ± 0.64	0.094 ± 0.042	0.062 ± 0.021	0.076 ± 0.037
11th month	1.78 ± 2.96	1.20 ± 1.97	0.65 ± 1.11	0.34 ± 0.50	0.067 ± 0.023	0.039 ± 0.013	0.050 ± 0.025
12th month	1.65 ± 1.80	0.661 ± 1.08	0.37 ± 0.33	0.017 ± 0.023	0.036 ± 0.011	0.016 ± 0.008	0.019 ± 0.012
> year of lactation period	0.054 ± 0.009	0.070 ± 0.015	0.031 ± 0.008	0.049 ± 0.013	0.009 ± 0.001	0.010 ± 0.001	0.009 ± 0.002

^a Arithmetic average ± standard deviation.