Levels of persistent organic pollutant and their predictors among young adults

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1374-1382

  Gallo, Mia V ^a   Schell, Lawrence M ^a,b   DeCaprio, Anthony P ^c   Jacobs, Agnes ^d  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^c FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Akwesasne Task Force on the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

HCB; Mohawk; Native American; P,p' DDE; PCBs; Persistent organic pollutants

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CHROMATOGRAPHIC PEAKS; CONCENTRATION TRENDS; MOHAWK; NATIVE AMERICANS; P ,P' DDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BREASTFEEDING; CHROMATOGRAPHY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; FISH; FOOD CONSUMPTION; HEALTH IMPACT; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PERSISTENCE; SAMPLING; YOUNG POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; BREAST FEEDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTION;

EID: 79955575399     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.071     Document Type: Article

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