Human hair as a potential biomonitor for assessing persistent organic pollutants

Environment International

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 685-693

  Zhang, Hong ^a,b   Chai, Zhifang ^a,b   Sun, Huibin ^a  

^a SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS   (China)

Author keywords

Gas chromatography electron capture detector; Human biomonitor; Human hair; Instrumental neutron activation analysis; Organohalogens; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; HEALTH RISKS; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORGANOMETALLICS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

HUMAN BIOMONITOR; HUMAN HAIR; INSTRUMENTAL NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORGANOHALOGENS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

IMPURITIES;

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHINA; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; NEUTRON ACTIVATION ANALYSIS; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ASIA; BEIJING [CHINA]; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST;

EID: 34248642591     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2007.02.003     Document Type: Article

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