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ArticleToxics2025

Application of the AI-Based Framework for Analyzing the Dynamics of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) in Human Breast Milk.

Gordana Jovanović, Timea Bezdan, Snježana Herceg Romanić, Marijana Matek Sarić, Martina Biošić, Gordana Mendaš, Andreja Stojić, Mirjana Perišić

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Article in Toxics, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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8 authors.

Gordana JovanovićInstitute of Physics Belgrade, a National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-8657-423X
Timea BezdanFaculty of Informatics and Computing, Singidunum University, Danijelova 32, 11000 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0001-6938-6974
Snježana Herceg RomanićInstitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska Cesta 2, P.O. Box 291, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-2382-4734
Marijana Matek SarićDepartment of Health Studies, University of Zadar, Splitska 1, 23000 Zadar, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0003-2734-7955
Martina BiošićInstitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska Cesta 2, P.O. Box 291, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia.
Gordana MendašInstitute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska Cesta 2, P.O. Box 291, 10001 Zagreb, Croatia.ORCID 0000-0002-2661-2465
Andreja StojićInstitute of Physics Belgrade, a National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-5293-9533
Mirjana PerišićInstitute of Physics Belgrade, a National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Pregrevica 118, 11080 Belgrade, Serbia.ORCID 0000-0002-8287-4136

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Human milk has been used for over 70 years to monitor pollutants such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs). Despite the growing body of data, our understanding of the pollutant exposome, particularly co-exposure patterns and their interactions, remains limited. Artificial intelligence (AI) offers considerable potential to enhance biomonitoring efforts through advanced data modelling, yet its application to pollutant dynamics in complex biological matrices such as human milk remains underutilized. This study applied an AI-based framework, integrating machine learning, metaheuristic hyperparameter optimization, explainable AI, and postprocessing, to analyze PCB-170 levels in breast milk samples from 186 mothers in Zadar, Croatia. Among 24 analyzed POPs, the most influential predictors of PCB-170 concentrations were hexa- and hepta-chlorinated PCBs (PCB-180, -153, and -138), alongside

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breast milkexplainable artificial intelligencemachine learningmetaheuristicsorganochlorine pesticides (OCPs)polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

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