Residential and biological exposure assessment of chemicals from a wood treatment plant

Chemosphere

Volumn 67, Issue 9, 2007, Pages

  Dahlgren, James ^a   Takhar, Harpreet ^b   Schecter, Arnold ^c   Schmidt, Reynold ^b   Horsak, Randy ^d   Paepke, Olaf ^e   Warshaw, Raphael ^f   Lee, Alexander ^b   Anderson Mahoney, Pamela ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b James Dahlgren Medical   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d 3TM International Inc   (United States)

^e ERGO Research Laboratory   (Germany)

^f Comprehensive Health Screening Services ^*  (United States)

^g Health Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Adducts; Creosote; Dioxin; Environmental pollutants; PAH; Pentachlorophenol

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; PHENOLS; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY; WOOD WASTES;

CREOSOTE; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

CREOSOTE; DIOXIN; FURAN; PENTACHLOROPHENOL;

CONTAMINATION; PHENOLS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; TOXICITY; WOOD WASTES;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CREOSOTE; DIOXIN; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PCP; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENT POPULATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RIVER POLLUTION; SOLID WASTE; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA BASE; EVAPORATION; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LAND DRAINAGE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; RAILWAY; RESIDENTIAL HOME; RIVER; SAMPLING; SEDIMENT; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT; WATER POLLUTION; WATER SUPPLY; WOOD;

EID: 33947179020     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2006.05.109     Document Type: Article

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