Correlations among human blood levels of specific PCB congeners and implications for epidemiologic studies

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 606-613

  DeVoto, Emily ^a   Fiore, Beth J ^b   Millikan, Robert ^a   Anderson, Henry A ^b   Sheldon, Linda ^c   Sonzogni, William C ^d   Longnecker, Matthew P ^a,e  

^a IL   (United States)

^b WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c RTI INTERNATIONAL   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^e NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; RISK FACTOR; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0030666806     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199712)32:6<606::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-N     Document Type: Article

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