Towards an understanding of the link between environmental emissions and human body burdens of PCBs using CoZMoMAN

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 85-91

  Breivik, Knut ^a,b   Czub, Gertje ^c   McLachlan, Michael S ^c   Wania, Frank ^d  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Environmental fate; Human exposure; Model; Non steady state; Organic contaminants

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; CATCHMENTS; CHAINS; MODELS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CHEMICAL RISK ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EMISSIONS; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE MODELS; HUMAN EXPOSURES; NON STEADY-STATE; ORGANIC CONTAMINANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; NUMERICAL MODEL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT; TOXICITY;

ARTICLE; BALTIC SEA; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY BURDEN; COMPARTMENT MODEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FOOD CHAIN; POLLUTION; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SIMULATION; STEADY STATE;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; BALTIC SEA;

EID: 71549121942     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2009.10.006     Document Type: Article

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