The Aral Sea disaster - Human biomonitoring of Hg, As, HCB, DDE, and PCBs in children living in Aralsk and Akchi, Kazakhstan

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 207, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 541-547

  Erdinger, Lothar ^a   Eckl, Peter ^b   Ingel, Faina ^c   Khussainova, Shulpan ^d   Utegenova, Elmira ^e   Mann, Volker ^f   Gabrio, Thomas ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SALZBURG   (Austria)

^c INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL CHEMISTRY   (Russian Federation)

^d Scientific Center of Pediatrics and Children's Surgery   (Kazakhstan)

^e Kazakh Sanitary Epidemiological Station   (Kazakhstan)

^f Landesgesundheitsamt Baden Wurttemberg   (Germany)

Author keywords

Akchi; Aral Sea; Aralsk; Children; Hg As HCB DDE PCBs; Human Biomonitoring; Kazakhstan

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ARSENIC; HEAVY METAL; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MERCURY; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DESERT; DISASTER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; KAZAKHSTAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; SEA; SEASHORE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS;

EID: 18944386554     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1078/1438-4639-00325     Document Type: Article

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