Monitoring of polychlorinated biphenyls in Belgian human adipose tissue samples

Chemosphere

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 953-960

  De Saeger, S ^a   Sergeant, H ^a   Piette, M ^b   Bruneel, N ^c   Van De Voorde, W ^c   Van Peteghem, C ^a  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Autopsy; GC MS MS; Human adipose; Method validation; Monitoring; PCB

Indexed keywords

ANHYDROUS SODIUM SULFATE; AUTOPSY; RETENTION TIMES;

ALUMINA; GLASS; OILS AND FATS; QUALITY CONTROL; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; TISSUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ALUMINUM OXIDE; FAT; HEXANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; SODIUM SULFATE;

BIOACCUMULATION; PCB; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BELGIUM; CHLORINATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ION PAIR CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATION; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUTOPSY; BELGIUM; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 11844297779     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2004.09.069     Document Type: Article

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