Internal exposure to hazardous substances of persons from various continents: Investigations on exposure to different organochlorine compounds

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 399-406

  Schmid, K ^a   Lederer, P ^b   Goen T ^a   Schaller, K H ^a   Strebl, H ^a   Weber, A ^a   Angerer, J ^a   Lehnert, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

^b Public Health Department of Erlangen   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological monitoring; Environmental exposure; German population; Organochlorine compounds; Refugees

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLOROPHENOL; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; ASIA; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NORMAL HUMAN; REFUGEE; URINARY EXCRETION; URINE LEVEL; USSR; YUGOSLAVIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; ASIA; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT PROJECTS; REFUGEES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; USSR; YUGOSLAVIA;

EID: 0030909154     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004200050167     Document Type: Article

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