Determinants of polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons in serum in three age classes-Methodological implications for human biomonitoring

Environmental Research

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 495-502

  Den Hond, Elly ^a   Govarts, Eva ^a   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^b   Schoeters, Greet ^a  

^a FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Biomarkers of exposure; Human biomonitoring; Pesticides; Polychlorinated aromatic hydrocarbons (PCAH); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; FAT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGE CLASS; AGE-RELATED DIFFERENCE; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; BODY MASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HYDROCARBON; IDENTIFICATION METHOD; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID DIET; LIPID SOLUBILITY; MALE; NEWBORN; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; VEGETABLE; WEIGHT CHANGE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; DIET; DIETARY FATS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; LINEAR MODELS; LIPID METABOLISM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX FACTORS;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 67349188482     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2009.02.007     Document Type: Article

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