Fish consumption and other environmental exposures and their associations with serum PCB concentrations among Mohawk women at Akwesasne

Environmental Research

Volumn 94, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 160-170

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^a   Langguth, Karyn ^a   Cayo, Michael ^a   Yang, Bao Zhu ^a   Bush, Brian ^b   Worswick, Priscilla ^c   Lauzon, Trudy ^c  

^a NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste; Human; Indians; North American; Organochlorine; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Serum

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WASTE FACILITY; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BODY BURDEN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MEAT; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SAMPLE SIZE; SOIL; TOXIC WASTE; VEGETABLE;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

ANAS SP.;

EID: 0742269704     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0013-9351(03)00133-6     Document Type: Article

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