Human uptake of persistent chemicals from contaminated soil: PCDD/Fs and PCBs

Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 43-54

  Kimbrough, Renate D ^a   Krouskas, Constantine A ^a   Leigh Carson, M ^b   Long, Thomas F ^b   Bevan, Christopher ^b   Tardiff, Robert G ^b  

^a Center for Health Risk Evaluation   (United States)

^b The Sapphire Group Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Contaminated soil; Exposure; Gastrointestinal uptake; PCBs; PCDD Fs; Soil ingestion

Indexed keywords

2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,4,5 TRICHLOROPHENOL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOAVAILABILITY; BODY BURDEN; CANADA; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ECOSYSTEM RESTORATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GERMANY; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; HUMAN IMPACT (ENVIRONMENT); HUMAN VERSUS NONHUMAN DATA; ITALY; LANDFILL; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL POLLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TOXIC WASTE; UNITED STATES;

ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIOLOGICAL AVAILABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 77951978255     PISSN: 02732300     EISSN: 10960295     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yrtph.2009.12.005     Document Type: Article

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