PCB-containing wood floor finish is a likely source of elevated PCBs in residents' blood, household air and dust: A case study of exposure

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 7, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Rudel, Ruthann A ^a   Seryak, Liesel M ^b   Brody, Julia G ^a  

^a SILENT SPRING INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGED; AIR SAMPLING; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUILDING; CASE STUDY; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; MALE; POPULATION; POPULATION EXPOSURE; UNITED STATES; WOOD; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; METHODOLOGY; RISK ASSESSMENT;

AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; BODY BURDEN; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FLOORS AND FLOORCOVERINGS; HOUSING; HUMANS; MASSACHUSETTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

EID: 40849142166     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-7-2     Document Type: Article

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