Evaluation of background exposures of Americans to dioxin-like compounds in the 1990s and the 2000s

Chemosphere

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 640-651

  Lorber, Matthew ^a   Patterson, Donald ^b   Huwe, Janice ^c   Kahn, Henry ^a  

^a U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

^b EnviroSolutions Consulting Inc   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Background exposure; Dioxins; NHANES; PCBs

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY; MEATS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

AVERAGE CONCENTRATION; BACKGROUND EXPOSURE; BLOOD CONCENTRATIONS; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; DIOXINS; NHANES; STATISTICAL SURVEY; US ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BACKGROUND LEVEL; DIOXIN; FURAN; HEALTH SURVEY; NINETEENTH CENTURY; PCB; TOXICITY; TWENTIETH CENTURY;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; BEEF; BODY BURDEN; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; EGG; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; INFORMATION PROCESSING; METHODOLOGY; MILK; PORK; POULTRY; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 70349416401     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.08.016     Document Type: Article

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