Congener-specific analysis of non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls in blood collected from 127 elderly residents in Nakagawa Town, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan

Chemosphere

Volumn 73, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 865-872

  Todaka, Takashi ^a   Hori, Tsuguhide ^b   Hirakawa, Hironori ^b   Kajiwara, Jumboku ^b   Yasutake, Daisuke ^b   Onozuka, Daisuke ^b   Iida, Takao ^b   Furue, Masutaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b FUKUOKA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES   (Japan)

Author keywords

Congener specific analysis; Elderly man; Elderly woman; Human blood; Nakagawa Town; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

CONGENER-SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; ELDERLY MAN; ELDERLY WOMAN; HUMAN BLOOD; NAKAGAWA TOWN;

POLLUTION;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BASELINE CONDITIONS; BLOOD; DIOXIN; ELDERLY POPULATION; LIPID; PCB;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; FEMALE; HEMOCONCENTRATION; HUMAN; JAPAN; MALE; POLLUTION MONITORING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JAPAN; LIPIDS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; HOKKAIDO; JAPAN; NAKAGAWA;

EID: 51449104523     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.058     Document Type: Article

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