PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in human blood in relation to consumption of crabs from a contaminated fjord area in Norway

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 7, 1996, Pages 756-764

  Johansen, H Rebecka ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Rossland, Ole J ^a   Planting, Sissel ^a   Løvik, Martinus ^a   Gaarder, Per I ^a   Gdynia, Walter ^b   Bjerve, Kristian S ^c   Becher, Georg ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Herre Medical Center   (Norway)

^c TRONDHEIM UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Blood; Crab consumption; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRAB; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MEAT; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEA FOOD; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CELLULAR ORGANISMS; DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA);

EID: 0029794351     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104756     Document Type: Article

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