Sociodemographic factors influencing participation in the Barcelona Health Survey study on serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 216-225

  Porta, Miquel ^a,b,c   Gasull, Magda ^a,c   Puigdomènech, Elisa ^a,b,c   Rodríguez Sanz, Maica ^d,e   Pumarega, José ^a,c   Rebato, Carolina ^a   Borrell, Carme ^c,d,e  

^a INST MUNIC D INVESTIGACIO MEDICA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d AGÈNCIA DE SALUT PÚBLICA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITAT POMPEU FABRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Education; Gender; Health surveys; Human biomonitoring; Income; Response

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; EDUCATION; HEALTH; SURVEYS;

GENDER; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; INCOME; RESPONSE;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EDUCATION; GENDER ROLE; HEALTH SURVEY; INCOME DISTRIBUTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PARTICIPATORY APPROACH; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIOECONOMIC CONDITIONS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; EDUCATION; EMPLOYMENT STATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALE; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

EID: 67349138811     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.03.030     Document Type: Article

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