Congener profiles of PCBs and PCDD/Fs in Yucheng victims fifteen years after exposure to toxic rice-bran oils and their implications for epidemiologic studies

Chemosphere

Volumn 61, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1231-1243

  Hsu, Jing Fang ^a   Guo, Yue Liang ^a   Yang, Shu Yao ^a   Liao, Pao Chi ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Congener specific analysis; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Principal component analysis; Serum concentrations

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CROSSLINKING; HEALTH CARE; LIPIDS; METABOLISM; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE OILS;

CONGENER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BENZOFURAN; SERUM CONCENTRATIONS;

EPIDEMIOLOGY;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

EPIDEMIOLOGY; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METABOLIC REGULATION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; RICE BRAN; SAMPLE SIZE; TOXICITY TESTING; VARIANCE;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLANT OILS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; TAIWAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; TIME FACTORS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ASIA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 27744557755     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.03.081     Document Type: Article

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