Does living near a Superfund site contribute to higher polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure?

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 114, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 1092-1098

  Choi, Anna L ^a   Levy, Jonathan I ^a   Dockery, Douglas W ^a   Ryan, Louise M ^a   Tolbert, Paige E ^b   Altshul, Larisa M ^a   Korrick, Susan A ^a,c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Exposure pathways; Geographic information systems; Hazardous waste site; Newborn; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Remediation; Superfund

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORD SERUM; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DEMOGRAPHY; DIETARY INTAKE; DREDGING; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INFANT; LACTATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL AGE; MEAT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEDIMENT; SMOKING; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK FACTORS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TIME FACTORS;

TETRA;

EID: 33745804265     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.8827     Document Type: Article

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