Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among US construction workers

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 6, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Herrick, Robert F ^a   Meeker, John D ^b   Hauser, Russ ^a   Altshul, Larisa ^a   Weymouth, George A ^c  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c International Union of Bricklayers and Allied Craft Workers Local 3   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BUILDING INDUSTRY; CAULKING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONGENER PROFILE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LIQUID LIQUID EXTRACTION; MALE; MATERIAL COATING; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WORKER; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BUILDING MATERIAL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; EXPOSURE; MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; PILOT STUDY;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BOSTON; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MANUFACTURED MATERIALS; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 35349023024     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-6-25     Document Type: Article

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