The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Methods for an environmental exposure study of polychlorinated dioxins, furans, and biphenyls

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 803-810

  Garabrant, David H ^a   Franzblau, Alfred ^a   Lepkowski, James ^b   Gillespie, Brenda W ^a   Andriaens, Peter ^b   Demond, Avery ^b   Ward, Barbara ^b   LaDronka, Kathy ^b   Hedgeman, Elizabeth ^a   Knutson, Kristine ^a   Zwica, Lynn ^a   Olson, Kristen ^b,c   Towey, Timothy ^b   Chen, Qixuan ^a   Hong, Biling ^a  

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

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Diet; Dioxins; Environmental exposure; Epidemiology; Population based; Serum; Soil; Survey

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; FURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED FURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; DUST EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION; UNITED STATES;

BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; MICHIGAN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITIES;

EID: 66349132165     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.11777     Document Type: Article

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