Predictors of serum dioxins and PCBs among peripubertal Russian boys

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 117, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1593-1599

  Burns, Jane S ^a   Williams, Paige L ^a   Sergeyev, Oleg ^b,c   Korrick, Susan ^a,d   Lee, Mary M ^e   Revich, Boris ^f   Altshul, Larisa ^a   Patterson Jr , Donald G ^g   Turner, Wayman E ^h   Needham, Larry L ^h   Saharov, Igor ⁱ   Hauser, Russ ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b SAMARA STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^c Chapaevsk Medical Association   (Russian Federation)

^d BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^f RUSSIAN ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (Russian Federation)

^g EnviroSolutions Consulting Inc   (United States)

^h CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

ⁱ NPP Ecological Analytical Center   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Children; Diet; Environment; Epidemiology; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

AGE; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GARDENING; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SCHOOL CHILD; TOXICOKINETICS;

BENZOFURANS; CHILD; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PUBERTY; RISK FACTORS; RUSSIA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 70449569058     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.0800223     Document Type: Article

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