Time trends of persistent organic pollutants in Sweden during 1993-2007 and relation to age, gender, body mass index, breast-feeding and parity

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 20, 2010, Pages 4412-4419

  Hardell, Elin ^a   Carlberg, Michael ^a   Nordström, Marie ^b   van Bavel, Bert ^c  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; Chlordanes; DDE; Hexachlorobenzene; PCB; Sweden; Time trends

Indexed keywords

BREAST-FEEDING; CHLORDANES; DDE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PCB; SWEDEN; TIME TRENDS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAIRY PRODUCTS; FEEDING; FUNGICIDES; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORDANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGE; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; BREASTFEEDING; CHLORDANE; DDE; GENDER; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BREAST FEEDING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PARITY; PERSISTANT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY; ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; METABOLISM; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTION; PREGNANCY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TIME; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; BREAST FEEDING; CHLORDAN; DEMOGRAPHY; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARITY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREGNANCY; SEX FACTORS; SWEDEN; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

SWEDEN;

EID: 77955920658     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2010.06.029     Document Type: Article

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