An occupational exposure assessment of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxin and dibenzofurans in firefighters

Chemosphere

Volumn 83, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 1353-1359

  Hsu, Jing Fang ^a   Guo, How Ran ^a   Wang, Hsueh Wen ^a   Liao, Chin Kun ^a,b   Liao, Pao Chi ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Fire scene investigator; Firefighter; Occupational exposure; PCDD Fs; Serum; Soot

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; SAFETY DEVICES; SOOT;

CONGENER SPECIFIC ANALYSIS; FIREFIGHTER; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE ASSESSMENTS; PCDD/FS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO-P-DIOXINS AND DIBENZOFURANS; SERUM;

FIRE PROTECTION;

DIBENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

BIOACCUMULATION; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); FIRE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH RISK; LIPID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PCDD; PCDF; SERUM; SOOT; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FIRE; FIRE FIGHTER; HELMET; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT; SOOT;

TAIWAN;

EID: 79955612076     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.02.079     Document Type: Article

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