Relationship between age and levels of organochlorine contaminants in human serum of a Belgian population

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 22-29

  Voorspoels, S ^a   Covaci, A ^a   Maervoet, J ^a   Schepens, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

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

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD LEVEL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC RATE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BELGIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 0036664149     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-002-0004-y     Document Type: Article

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