Impact of iron and steel industry and waste incinerators on human exposure to dioxins, PCBs, and heavy metals: Results of a cross-sectional study in Belgium

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 70, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 222-226

  Fierens, Sébastien ^a   Mairesse, Hélène ^a   Heilier, Jean François ^a   Focant, Jean François ^b   Eppe, Gauthier ^b   De Pauw, Edwin ^b   Bernard, Alfred ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD SAMPLING; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; IRON AND STEEL INDUSTRY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; SMOKING HABIT; URINALYSIS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION; BELGIUM; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; IRON; MALE; METALLURGY; METALS, HEAVY; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; STEEL;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847150506     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390600884628     Document Type: Article

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