Halogenated POPs and PAHs in blood plasma of Hong Kong residents

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1630-1637

  Qin, Yan Yan ^a   Leung, Clement K M ^b   Lin, C K ^c   Leung, Anna O W ^a   Wang, Hong Sheng ^a   Giesy, John P ^d,e,f,g,h   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b HONG KONG SANATORIUM AND HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^c Hong Kong Red Cross Blood Transfusion Service   (Hong Kong)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^g UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^h KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; BENZO(A)PYRENE; BLOOD PLASMA; BLOOD TRANSFUSION; BODY MASS INDEX; CHLORINATED PESTICIDES; FLUORANTHENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GENERAL POPULATION; HONG-KONG; HUMAN BLOODS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; POSITIVE CORRELATIONS;

ANTHRACENE; AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ETHERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NAPHTHALENE; NUTRITION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASMAS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLOOD;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ACENAPHTHENE DERIVATIVE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; LIPID; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

BIOCHEMICAL COMPOSITION; BLOOD; HEALTH RISK; PAH; PBDE; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGENATION; HONG KONG; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; SEA FOOD; SMOKING; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

ADULT; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; SEAFOOD; SMOKING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79951631792     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es102444g     Document Type: Article

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