PCB-blood levels in teachers, working in PCB-contaminated schools

Chemosphere

Volumn 40, Issue 9-11, 2000, Pages 1055-1062

  Gabrio, Thomas ^a   Piechotowski, Isolde ^a   Wallenhorst, Thomas ^a   Klett, Martin ^b   Cott, Lothar ^b   Friebel, Peter ^b   Link, Bernhard ^b   Schwenk, Michael ^a  

^a Landesgesundheitsamt Baden W   (Germany)

^b Landesgesundh Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Human; Indoor air; PCB; School

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM ALLOWABLE CONCENTRATION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SCHOOL; TEACHER; TOXICOKINETICS;

ADULT; AGING; AIR POLLUTANTS; DIET; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCHOOLS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; TEACHING;

EID: 0034004308     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0045-6535(99)00353-7     Document Type: Article

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