Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, dibenzofurans, biphenyls, and naphthalenes in plasma of workers deployed at the world trade center after the collapse

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 13, 2010, Pages 5188-5194

  Horii, Yuichi ^a,b,c   Jiang, Qinting ^d   Hanari, Nobuyasu ^b   Lam, Paul K S ^e   Yamashita, Nobuyoshi ^b   Jansing, Robert ^c   Aldous, Kenneth M ^c   Mauer, Matthew P ^f   Eadon, George A ^c   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^c  

^a CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE IN SAITAMA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d Zhejiang Entry exit Inspection and Quarantine Bureau of the People's Republic of China   (China)

^e CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^f NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOD PLASMA; COPLANAR PCBS; DIBENZOFURANS; DIOXIN-LIKE COMPOUNDS; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; NEW YORK STATE; PCDD/FS; PLASMA SAMPLES; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; TEQ CONCENTRATION; WORLD TRADE CENTER;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DEBRIS; DUST CONTROL; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; NAPHTHALENE; OFFICE BUILDINGS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PERSONNEL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SMOKE;

POLLUTION DETECTION;

BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; COLLAPSE; NAPHTHALENE; PCDD; PCDF; PLASMA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; DUST EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIFE EVENT; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMOKE; UNITED STATES; WORKER;

BENZOFURANS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL TECHNICIANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; NAPHTHALENES; NEW YORK CITY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESCUE WORK; SEPTEMBER 11 TERRORIST ATTACKS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 77954289379     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es100282d     Document Type: Article

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