PCDD/F levels in plasma of a belgian population before and after the 1999 belgian PCB/DIOXIN incident

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Debacker, Noëmi ^a   Sasse, André ^a   van Wouwe, Nathalie ^a   Goeyens, Leo ^a,b   Sartor, Francis ^a   van Oyen, Herman ^a  

^a SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Belgium)

^b VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Belgian food contamination; Blood donors; Blood plasma; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

BELGIAN FOOD CONTAMINATION; BLOOD DONORS; BLOOD PLASMA; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; FAT; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXICITY;

BIOASSAY; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FOOD; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; PCDD; PCDF; PLASMA; PUBLIC HEALTH; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INCIDENTAL FINDING; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RED CROSS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33847678406     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.101     Document Type: Article

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