Sex, BMI and age in addition to dietary intakes influence blood concentrations and congener profiles of dioxins and PCBs

Molecular Nutrition and Food Research

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 772-782

  Knutsen, Helle K ^a   Kvalem, Helen E ^a   Haugen, Margaretha ^a   Meltzer, Helle M ^a   Brantsæter, Anne L ^a   Alexander, Jan ^a   Päpke, Olaf ^b   Liane, Veronica H ^a   Becher, Georg ^a   Thomsen, Cathrine ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b Eurofins Medinet Inc   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Diet; Dioxin; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sex

Indexed keywords

DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY MASS; DIET; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BODY MASS INDEX; DIET; DIOXINS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 79955594687     PISSN: 16134125     EISSN: 16134133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/mnfr.201000243     Document Type: Article

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