Aggregate exposures of nine preschool children to persistent organic pollutants at day care and at home

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 187-202

  Wilson, Nancy K ^a   Chuang, Jane C ^a   Lyu, Christopher ^a   Menton, Ronald ^a   Morgan, Marsha K ^b  

^a BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Multimedia; PAH; PCB; Pesticides; Phenols; Phthalates; Preschool children

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY 3,5,6 TRICHLORPYRIDINE; 2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; BENZYLBUTYL PHTHALATE; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; HERBICIDE; NONYLPHENOL; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; PESTICIDE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; PHTHALIC ACID DIBUTYL ESTER; PHTHALIC ACID ESTER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; CHILD NUTRITION; DAY CARE; EXPOSURE; HOME; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SMOKING; SUMMER; UNITED STATES;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HAND; HOUSING; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; NORTH CAROLINA; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC;

EID: 0038308580     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jea.7500270     Document Type: Article

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