Global trends and diversity in pentachlorophenol levels in the environment and in humans: A meta-analysis

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 4668-4675

  Zheng, Weiwei ^a   Wang, Xia ^a   Yu, Huan ^b   Tao, Xuguang ^c   Zhou, Ying ^a   Qu, Weidong ^a  

^a FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE EFFECT; ECOLOGICAL ENVIRONMENTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EXPOSURE LEVEL; FRESHWATER SEDIMENT; GLOBAL POPULATION; GLOBAL TRENDS; HALF LIVES; HUMAN BLOODS; INDOOR AIR; MARINE SEDIMENTS; META-ANALYSIS; POLICY MAKING; REFERENCE VALUES; TIME TRENDS; WESTERN COUNTRIES;

ANIMALS; ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; BLOOD; HEALTH RISKS; HERBICIDES; PHENOLS; RADIOACTIVITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS;

FRESH WATER; LIPID; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; SURFACE WATER;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; INDOOR AIR; INVERTEBRATE; MARINE SEDIMENT; META-ANALYSIS; PCP; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION DECLINE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURFACE WATER; URINE; VERTEBRATE;

AGE; AMBIENT AIR; AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FRESHWATER SPECIES; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH HAZARD; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SEDIMENT; THYROID DISEASE; TIME; URINE LEVEL; VERTEBRATE; WESTERN HEMISPHERE;

AIR POLLUTANTS; ANIMALS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PENTACHLOROPHENOL; WATER POLLUTANTS, CHEMICAL;

CHINA;

INVERTEBRATA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 79957807957     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es1043563     Document Type: Review

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