Exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls in residents near a chemical factory in Italy: The food chain as main source of contamination

Chemosphere

Volumn 64, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1562-1572

  Donato, Francesco ^a   Magoni, Michele ^a   Bergonzi, Roberto ^a   Scarcella, Carmelo ^b   Indelicato, Anna ^b   Carasi, Sergio ^b   Apostoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

^b Local Health Unit (ASL)   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Food contamination; Human exposure; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTION;

CHEMICAL FACTORIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN EXPOSURE;

HEALTH RISKS;

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; HEALTH RISKS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTION;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; CONSUMER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD INTAKE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL WORKER; ITALY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PLANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

BRESCIA; EURASIA; EUROPE; ITALY; LOMBARDY; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

BRESCIA;

EID: 33745983848     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2005.11.057     Document Type: Article

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