Levels of PCDDs, PCDFs, and PCBs in the blood of the non-occupationally exposed residents living in the vicinity of a chemical plant in the Czech Republic

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Černá, Milena ^a,b   Kratěnová, Jana ^a   Žejglicová, Kristýna ^a   Brabec, Marek ^a   Malý, Marek ^a   Šmíd, Jiří ^a   Crhová, Šárka ^c   Grabic, Roman ^c   Volf, Jaroslav ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Czech Republic)

^b CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^c Zdravotniho ustavu se sidlem v Ostrave   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech population; Environmental exposure; Human blood; PCBs; PCDDs; PCDFs

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH HAZARDS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

CONGENERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN BLOOD;

LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES;

3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; FAT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); HEALTH HAZARDS; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; TOXIC MATERIALS;

BIOMONITORING; HCH; HEALTH RISK; HERBICIDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; PCP; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; RESIDENTIAL HOME; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY TESTING;

CENTRAL EUROPE; CZECH REPUBLIC; EURASIA; EUROPE;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33847702495     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.104     Document Type: Article

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