Biochemistry examinations and health disorder evaluation of Taiwanese living near incinerators and with low serum PCDD/Fs levels

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 366, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 538-548

  Chen, Hsiu Ling ^a,b   Su, Huey Jen ^a   Guo, Yue Liang ^a   Liao, Pao Chi ^c   Hung, Chung Feng ^a   Lee, Ching Chang ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Biochemistry examination; Dioxin; GGT; Glucose; Incinerator; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; GLUCOSE; IMMUNOLOGY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; REFUSE INCINERATORS;

BIOCHEMISTRY EXAMINATION; DIOXIN; GGT; PCDD/F;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BLOOD; HEALTH RISK; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD OF LIVING;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY MASS; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GLUCOSE BLOOD LEVEL; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INTERVIEW; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TAIWAN; UREA NITROGEN BLOOD LEVEL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARRHYTHMIA; BENZOFURANS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; DIABETES MELLITUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GAMMA-GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HEADACHE; HUMANS; HYPOTHYROIDISM; INCINERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TAIWAN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 33746012264     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2005.11.004     Document Type: Article

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