The university of Michigan dioxin exposure study: Predictors of human serum dioxin concentrations in Midland and Saginaw, Michigan

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 818-824

  Garabrant, David H ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Lepkowski, James ^b   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Adriaens, Peter ^b   Demond, Avery ^b   Hedgeman, Elizabeth ^a   Knutson, Kristine ^a   Zwica, Lynn ^a   Olson, Kristen ^b,c   Towey, Timothy ^b   Chen, Qixuan ^a   Hong, Biling ^a   Chang, Chiung Wen ^a   Lee, Shih Yuan ^a   Ward, Barbara ^b   LaDronka, Kathy ^b   Luksemburg, William ^d   Maier, Martha ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^d Vista Analytical Laboratory   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Exposure pathways; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dioxins; Polychlorinated furans; Soil contamination

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN;

ADULT; ANIMAL HUNTING; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DOMESTIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EXHAUST GAS; FISH; FISHING; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RIVER; SEDIMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES; WATER CONTAMINATION;

BENZOFURANS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 66349116403     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11779     Document Type: Article

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