Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins/polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDD/Fs), polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and organochlorine pesticides in human blood of pregnant women from Germany

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 71, Issue 11-12, 2008, Pages 703-709

  Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Schrey, Petra ^a   Lemm, Friederike ^a   Eberwein, Georg ^b   Wilhelm, Michael ^a  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b North Rhine Westphalia State Agency for Nature   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORODIBENZO 4 DIOXIN; POLYCHLORODIBENZO-4-DIOXIN;

ADULT; AGE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOOD VOLUME; BODY MASS; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MATERNAL WELFARE; METABOLITE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PREGNANT WOMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 46749140946     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287390801985034     Document Type: Conference Paper

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