Estimating the half-lives of PCB congeners in former capacitor workers measured over a 28-year interval

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-246

  Seegal, Richard F ^a,b   Fitzgerald, Edward F ^c   Hills, Elaine A ^c   Wolff, Mary S ^d   Haase, Richard F ^b   Todd, Andrew C ^d   Parsons, Patrick ^a   Molho, Eric S ^e   Higgins, Donald S ^f   Factor, Stewart A ^g   Marek, Kenneth L ^h   Seibyl, John P ^h   Jennings, Danna L ^h   McCaffrey, Robert J ^b  

^a WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^d MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e ALBANY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^f STRATTON VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^h INSTITUTE FOR NEURODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; half lives; occupational exposure; polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGED; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

AGED; ANIMALS; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISHES; HALF-LIFE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 79955090171     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2010.3     Document Type: Article

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