Correlations among Human Plasma Levels of Dioxin-Like Compounds and Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) and Implications for Epidemiologic Studies

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 195-200

  Longnecker, Matthew P ^a   Ryan, John Jake ^b   Gladen, Beth C ^a   Schecter, Arnold J ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b Biostatistics Branch National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences ^*  (Canada)

^c University of Texas at Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CALIBRATION; CORRELATION FUNCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY;

EID: 0033949511     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890009603406     Document Type: Article

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