The 2005 World Health Organization re-evaluation of TEFs for dioxins and dioxin-like compounds - What are the consequences for German human background levels?

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 210, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 335-339

  Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Fürst, Peter ^b   Wilhelm, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b Chemical and Veterinary Control Laboratory   (Germany)

Author keywords

Germany; Human biomonitoring; Human blood; Human milk; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzo p dioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Toxicity equivalents

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247352851     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2007.01.038     Document Type: Article

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