The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Population survey results and serum concentrations for polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 811-817

  Hedgeman, Elizabeth ^a   Chen, Qixuan ^a   Hong, Biling ^a   Chang, Chiung Wen ^a   Olson, Kristen ^b   LaDronka, Kathleen ^c   Ward, Barbara ^c   Adriaens, Peter ^d   Demond, Avery ^d   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Lepkowski, James ^c   Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Garabrant, David H ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Dioxins; Dust; Environmental exposure; Furans; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Serum; Soil; Survey

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8,9 HEXACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,6,7,8 HEXACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; FURAN; OCTACHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED FURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; FLOODPLAIN; FOOD INTAKE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; OCCUPATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECREATION; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; DATA COLLECTION; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 66349123236     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11780     Document Type: Article

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