The relation between the estimated dietary intake of PCDD/Fs and levels in blood in a Flemish population (50-65 years)

Environment International

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 9-13

  Bilau, Maaike ^a   De Henauw, Stefaan ^a,b   Schroijen, Carmen ^c   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^d   Hond, Elly Den ^e   Koppen, Gudrun ^e   Matthys, Christophe ^a,f   Van De Mieroop, Els ^g   Keune, Hans ^h   Baeyens, Willy ^c   Nelen, Vera ^g   Van Larebeke, Nik ^a   Willems, Jan L ^a   Schoeters, Greet ^e,h  

^a GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

^c VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^d HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^e FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^f MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^g Provincial Institute of Hygiene (PIH)   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; CALUX; Dioxin like contaminants; FFQ; Flanders

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; MULTIVARIANT ANALYSIS; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

BIOMONITORING; BIOMONITORING PROGRAMS; CALUX; DIOXIN-LIKE ACTIVITIES; DIOXIN-LIKE CONTAMINANTS; ESTIMATED DIETARY INTAKES; FLANDERS; MULTI VARIATE ANALYSIS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOASSAY; BIOMONITORING; FOOD INTAKE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PCDD; POLLUTION EFFECT; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MALE; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

BELGIUM; BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FLANDERS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 57049137247     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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