Organochlorine contaminants in hair of adolescents from Iassy, Romania

Chemosphere

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 16-20

  Covaci, Adrian ^a   Hura, Carmen ^b   Gheorghe, Adriana ^a,c   Neels, Hugo ^a   Dirtu, Alin C ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b Institute of Public Health Iasi   (Romania)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BUCHAREST   (Romania)

^d ALEXANDRU IOAN CUZA UNIVERSITY OF IASI   (Romania)

Author keywords

Gender differentiation; Human hair; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Romania

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

GENDER DIFFERENTIATION; HUMAN HAIR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

TOXIC MATERIALS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; OXYCHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ISOMERS; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TOXIC MATERIALS;

ADOLESCENCE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENDER DISPARITY; HAIR; HOMINID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); EUROPE; FEMALE; GENDER; GREECE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN; ISOMER; MALE; METABOLITE; ROMANIA;

ADOLESCENT; HAIR; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; ROMANIA;

EURASIA; EUROPE; ROMANIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE;

EID: 42749092648     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.02.058     Document Type: Article

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