Dioxin-like and transthyretin-binding compounds in indoor dusts collected from Japan: Average daily dose and possible implications for children

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1487-1493

  Suzuki, Go ^a   Takigami, Hidetaka ^a   Nose, Kazutoshi ^a   Takahashi, Shin ^b   Asari, Misuzu ^c   Sakai, Shin Ichi ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

^b EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DUST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

DIOXINS; GENE EXPRESSION; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHERS (PBDE);

INDOOR AIR POLLUTION;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; DIOXIN; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; PREALBUMIN; SULFURIC ACID; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE;

BIOASSAY; CONTAMINATION; DUST; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; SEDIMENTS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL BINDING; CHILD HEALTH; DIOXIN; DUST; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GENE EXPRESSION; HEALTH RISK; HOMEOSTASIS; PBDE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SULFURIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BINDING COMPETITION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMEOSTASIS; HORMONE METABOLISM; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; INGESTION; JAPAN; PROTEIN BINDING; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; BINDING, COMPETITIVE; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DIOXINS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; LABORATORIES; PREALBUMIN; PREGNANCY; RATS; RECEPTORS, ARYL HYDROCARBON; WORKPLACE;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; JAPAN;

EID: 33847184288     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es061907l     Document Type: Article

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