Environmental exposure to polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in Czech Republic

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 589-595

  Vyskocil, Adolf ^a   Fiala, Zdenek ^b   Fialova, Dana ^c   Krajak, Vladimir ^d   Viau, Claude ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c PEDAGOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^d Regional Hygienic Station   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Environmental exposure; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXERCISE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASONAL VARIATION; SUMMER; URINE LEVEL; WINTER;

EID: 0030727537     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/096032719701601006     Document Type: Article

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