Reference values of coplanar and non-coplanar PCBs in serum samples from two Italian population groups

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 162, Issue 2-3 SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 250-255

  Turci, Roberta ^a   Finozzi, Enrico ^a   Catenacci, Giovanni ^a   Marinaccio, Alessandro ^b   Balducci, Claudio ^c   Minoia, Claudio ^a  

^a IRCCS   (Italy)

^b Natl Inst for Occup Safety/Prev   (Italy)

^c National Healthcare Service 1   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human serum; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs); Reference values

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHLORINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REFERENCE VALUE; RELIABILITY; SAMPLE; SERUM; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFERENCE VALUES;

EID: 32644431557     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2005.09.021     Document Type: Article

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