Polychlorinated naphthalenes in human adipose tissue from New York, USA

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 157, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 910-915

  Kunisue, Tatsuya ^a   Johnson Restrepo, Boris ^a   Hilker, David R ^a   Aldous, Kenneth M ^a   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^a  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Dioxin like toxicity; Human adipose tissue; PCBs; PCNs; TEQs

Indexed keywords

BIOMONITORING; DIOXIN-LIKE TOXICITY; HUMAN ADIPOSE TISSUE; PCBS; PCNS; TEQS;

ETHERS; HISTOLOGY; NAPHTHALENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS; TISSUE; TOXIC MATERIALS; TOXICITY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FAT; NAPHTHALENE; PCB;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; SEX DIFFERENCE; TISSUE LEVEL; UNITED STATES;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; NAPHTHALENES; NEW YORK CITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SEX FACTORS; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 58649120287     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2008.11.012     Document Type: Article

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