Attic dust and human blood samples collected near a former wood treatment facility

Environmental Research

Volumn 105, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 194-199

  Hensley, A R ^a   Scott, A ^a   Rosenfeld, P E ^a   Clark, J J J ^a  

^a Soil Water Air Protection Enterprise SWAPE   (United States)

Author keywords

Arsenic; Attic dust; Blood analysis; Dioxins; Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; DUST; HEALTH RISK; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WOOD;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CANCER RISK; COMMUNITY CARE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXIN ANALYSIS; WOOD;

ADULT; AGED; ALABAMA; ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DIOXINS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FURANS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; WOOD;

ALABAMA; NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 34548452021     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.03.011     Document Type: Article

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