Digestive tract absorption of PCDD/Fs, PCBs, and HCB in humans: Mass balances and mechanistic considerations

Toxicology and Applied Pharmacology

Volumn 152, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 128-137

  Schlummer, Martin ^a   Moser, Andreas ^a   McLachlan, Michael S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

^b LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR BALTIC SEA RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dietary exposure; Fecal excretion; HCB; Human absorption; PCB; PCDD F; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; CONTROLLED STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 0031765729     PISSN: 0041008X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/taap.1998.8487     Document Type: Article

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