Organochlorine in the serum of inhabitants living near an electrochemical factory

Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 56, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 152-158

  Sala, Maria ^a   Sunyer, Jordi ^a   Otero, Raquel ^b   Santiago Silva, Mary ^b   Camps, Carles ^c   Grimalt, Joan ^b  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b DEPT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^c Primary Health Care Center of Flix   (Spain)

Author keywords

Environment; Exposure; Occupation; Organochlorine compounds

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HEALTH; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RETIREMENT;

EID: 0032963992     PISSN: 13510711     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/oem.56.3.152     Document Type: Article

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