Assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls and mercury levels in soil and biological samples from San Felipe, Nuevo Mercurio, Zacatecas, Mexico

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 212-216

  Costilla Salazar, Rogelio ^a,b   Trejo Acevedo, Antonio ^c   Rocha Amador, Diana ^b   Gaspar Ramírez, Octavio ^a   Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a   Pérez Maldonado, Iván Nelinho ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUANAJUATO   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Children; COPs; Mercury; Mexico; PCBs

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; COPS; ME-XICO; MERCURY; PCBS;

MERCURY (METAL); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATING; SOILS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEXICO; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANT; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MERCURY; MEXICO; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 79952694522     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-010-0165-z     Document Type: Article

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