The impact of age, lactation and dietary habits on PCB in plasma in Swedish women

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 207, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 55-61

  Rylander, Lars ^a   Dyremark, Eva ^b   Strömberg, Ulf ^a   Östman, Conny ^b   Hagmar, Lars ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR WORKING LIFE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

2,2',4,4',5,5' hexachlorobiphenyl; Age; Fish consumption; Lactation; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGING; ARTICLE; CONTAMINATION; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG BLOOD LEVEL; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LACTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; HUMANS; LACTATION; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030670106     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-9697(97)00245-3     Document Type: Article

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