Serum levels of polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and dibenzofurans and PCBs in the general population living near an urban waste treatment plant in Biscay, Basque Country

Chemosphere

Volumn 76, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 784-791

  Zubero, M B ^a   Ibarluzea, J M ^b,c   Aurrekoetxea, J J ^a,b   Rivera, J ^d   Parera, J ^d   Abad, E ^d   Goni F ^e   Lopez R ^e   Etxeandia, A ^f   Rodriguez C ^a   Saenz J R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b Basque Government   (Spain)

^c CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^d DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMISTRY   (Spain)

^e Laboratory of Public Health of Gipuzkoa   (Spain)

^f Public Health Laboratory of Bilbao   (Spain)

Author keywords

Dioxins; Environmental exposure; Furans; Incineration; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Serum

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE TREATMENT;

CONTAMINATION LEVELS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FURANS; GENERAL POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL ZONES; INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES; SERUM;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIPID; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; WASTE TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MALE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PARITY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; URBAN POPULATION;

BASQUE COUNTRY; BILBAO; EURASIA; EUROPE; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; VIZCAYA;

ADULT; AGED; BENZOFURANS; CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 67749137110     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.04.061     Document Type: Article

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