Evaluation of background persistent organic pollutant levels in human from Taiwan: Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, and biphenyls

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 33-42

  Hsu, Jing Fang ^a   Lee, Ching Chang ^a   Su, Huei Jen ^a   Chen, Hsiu Ling ^c   Yang, Shu Yao ^a   Liao, Pao Chi ^a,b  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c HUNGKUANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Background; Blood; PCBs; PCDD PCDFs; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; BODY FLUIDS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BACKGROUND; BACKGROUND LEVEL; EXPOSURE SOURCES; GENERAL POPULATION; PCDD/PCDFS; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; TAIWAN;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BLOOD; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; TAIWAN;

ASIA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; TAIWAN;

EID: 56949088293     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.06.010     Document Type: Article

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