Chemical and bioanalytical characterization of dioxins in indoor dust in Hong Kong

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 74, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 947-952

  Kang, Yuan ^a   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^a   Cai, Zong Wei ^a   Wong, Ming H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EROD assay; H4IIE; TEQbio; TEQcal

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC HYDROCARBON RECEPTOR; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; ETHOXYRESORUFIN DEETHYLASE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DIOXIN; DUST; INDOOR AIR; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TCDD;

ADULT; AIR CONDITIONING; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST EXPOSURE; ELECTRONICS INDUSTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENZYME ASSAY; HEALTH HAZARD; HEPATOMA CELL; HIGH SCHOOL; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HONG KONG; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; NONHUMAN; RAT; TOXICITY; TOXICITY EQUIVALENCY; WORKPLACE;

AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ANIMALS; BENZOFURANS; BIOLOGICAL ASSAY; CELL LINE, TUMOR; CYTOCHROME P-450 CYP1A1; DIOXINS; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RATS; RISK ASSESSMENT; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; WORKPLACE;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 79955490770     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2011.01.006     Document Type: Article

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