Predictors of polychlorinated biphenyl concentrations in adipose tissue in a general Danish population

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 679-685

  Bräuner, Elvira V ^a   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a   Gaudreau, Eric ^b   Leblanc, Alain ^b   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^c   Sørensen, Mette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; COPENHAGEN; GENERAL POPULATION; GEOGRAPHICAL AREA; IMMUNOLOGICAL EFFECTS; PCB CONCENTRATION; SUBSTITUTED GROUPS; SUBSTITUTION GROUPS;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DAIRY PRODUCTS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; TISSUE;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CARCINOGEN; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DAIRY FARMING; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHICAL REGION; LACTATION; NEUROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PCB; POPULATION STRUCTURE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; VEGETABLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; DRUG TISSUE LEVEL; EGG; FEMALE; FISH; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LACTATION; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PREDICTION; RED MEAT; VEGETABLE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; AGED; DENMARK; DIET; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 78651456910     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102489c     Document Type: Article

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