Rapid decline of persistent organochlorine pollutants in serum among young Swedish males

Chemosphere

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1620-1628

  Axmon, Anna ^a   Hagmar, Lars ^a   Jönsson, Bo AG ^a  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Cross sectional study; Environmental pollutants; Persistent organochlorine pollutants

Indexed keywords

CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; PERSISTENT ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS;

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMARKERS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

ADOLESCENCE; BIOMARKER; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; DIET; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERUM; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SMOKING; SWEDEN;

EURASIA; EUROPE; NORTHERN EUROPE; SCANDINAVIA; SWEDEN;

EID: 38349080671     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.07.077     Document Type: Article

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