Assigning concentration values for dioxin and furan congeners in human serum when measurements are below limits of detection: An observational approach

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 439-447

  Needham, Larry L ^a   Naiman, Daniel Q ^b   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^a   LaKind, Judy S ^c,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b Johns Hopkins University   (United States)

^c PENN STATE MILTON S HERSHEY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d LaKind Associates LLC   (United States)

Author keywords

Congener ratio; Detection limit; NHANES; Toxic equivalent

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION;

CONGENER RATIO; DETECTION LIMIT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS (PCDD); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS (PCDF);

TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CORRELATION METHODS; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BODY FLUID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DETECTION METHOD; DIET; GENDER; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PCDD; PCDF; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; HUMAN; MEASUREMENT; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; POPULATION; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

EID: 33846239313     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.09.078     Document Type: Article

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