Distribution of polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) and other persistent organic pollutants in human serum from Greece

Environment International

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 349-353

  Kalantzi, Olga I ^a,b   Geens, Tinne ^c   Covaci, Adrian ^c   Siskos, Panayiotis A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE AEGEAN   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Greece; Human exposure; Organochlorine pesticides; PBDEs; PCBs

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ETHERS; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

GREECE; HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANES; HUMAN EXPOSURES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PBDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

HEXABROMOCYCLODODECANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; LIPID; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PBDE; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROSPRAY; FEMALE; GREECE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LIFESTYLE; LIPID ANALYSIS; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OFFICE WORKER; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ATTICA; GREECE;

EID: 78751627943     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.10.005     Document Type: Article

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