Body burden levels of dioxin, furans, and PCBs among frequent consumers of Great Lakes sport fish

Environmental Research

Volumn 80, Issue 2 II, 1999, Pages

  Falk, Claire ^a   Hanrahan, Larry ^a   Anderson, Henry A ^a   Kanarek, Marty S ^b   Draheim, Laurie ^a   Needham, Larry ^c   Patterson Jr , Donald ^c   Boddy, James ^d   Budd, Marvin ^e   Burkett, Mandy ^f   Fiore, Beth ^a   Humphrey, Harold E B ^e   Johnson, Robert ^g   Lee, Grace ^h   Monaghan, Susan ^h   Reed, Daniel ^a   Shelley, Tracey ^g   Sonzogni, William ⁱ   Steele, Greg ^j   Wright, Dollis ^j  

^a WISCONSIN DIVISION OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^d Lorain County Health Department   (United States)

^e MICHIGAN DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY HEALTH   (United States)

^f Ohio Department of Alcohol   (United States)

^g OHIO DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

ⁱ WISCONSIN STATE LABORATORY OF HYGIENE   (United States)

^j Indiana Board of Health   (United States)

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Author keywords

Dioxin; Furan; Great Lakes fish consumption; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Serum

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; AGED; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; CONFERENCE PAPER; FEMALE; FISH; FISHING; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LAKE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

EID: 0033066519     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/enrs.1998.3906     Document Type: Conference Paper

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