Persistent organochlorines in the serum of the non-occupationally exposed New Zealand population

Chemosphere

Volumn 54, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 1431-1443

  Bates, Michael N ^a,b   Buckland, Simon J ^c   Garrett, Nick ^a   Ellis, Howard ^c   Needham, Larry L ^d   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^d   Turner, Wayman E ^d   Russell, David G ^e  

^a INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c Ministry for the Environment New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Dioxins; New Zealand; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DATA REDUCTION; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

COPLANAR CONGENERS; SERUM;

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS;

BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; DIELDRIN; DIOXIN; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PCDD; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; NEW ZEALAND; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0742289476     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2003.09.040     Document Type: Article

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