Serum dioxin levels in residents living in the vicinity of municipal waste incinerators in Taiwan

Inhalation Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 399-403

  Huang, Hui Yan ^a   Jeng, Ting Yang ^b   Lin, Yi Chang ^a,c   Ma, Yee Chung ^a   Kuo, Chun Pao ^b   Sung, Fung Chang ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHUNG CHENG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TOKO UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

AIR ANALYSIS; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; BLOOD SAMPLING; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TAIWAN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AIR; BENZOFURANS; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MIDDLE AGED; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 33847637119     PISSN: 08958378     EISSN: 10917691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08958370601174842     Document Type: Review

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