Developmental dental defects in children exposed to PCBs in eastern Slovakia

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Jan, Janja ^a   Sovcikova, Eva ^b   Kočan, Anton ^b   Wsolova, Ladislava ^b   Trnovec, Tomas ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^b SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Children; Developmental enamel defects; Environmental exposure; PCBs; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENTISTRY; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DEVELOPMENTAL ENAMEL DEFECTS; ENAMEL DEFECT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DENTISTRY; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; MEDICAL PROBLEMS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHILD; DENTAL HEALTH; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP; HEALTH RISK; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG POPULATION;

ARTICLE; CHILD HEALTH; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECIDUOUS TOOTH; DENTAL CARIES; DENTAL HEALTH; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; ENAMEL; GINGIVA; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MULTIVARIATE LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PATIENT INFORMATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; SLOVAKIA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOOTH DISEASE;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; SLOVAKIA;

EID: 33847690316     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.148     Document Type: Article

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