Environmental and occupational exposures and serum PCB concentrations and patterns among Mohawk men at Akwesasne

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 269-278

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Hwang, Syni An ^b   Gomez, Marta ^b   Bush, Brian ^e   Yang, Bao Zhu ^c   Tarbell, Alice ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

^e University at Albany ^*

Author keywords

Fish consumption; Hazardous waste; Indians; Inhalation; North American; Occupation; Pattern matching; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

AROCLOR 1248; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; DANGEROUS GOODS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LIFESPAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FISHES; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INDIANS, NORTH AMERICAN; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW YORK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 34249060072     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jes.7500500     Document Type: Article

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