Serum PCB levels and congener profiles among teachers in PCB-containing schools: A pilot study

Environmental Health: A Global Access Science Source

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Herrick, Robert F ^a   Meeker, John D ^b   Altshul, Larisa ^a  

^a HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BLOOD; BUILDING; DATA SET; EDUCATION; HEALTH RISK; HUMAN ACTIVITY; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMPLOYMENT; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL; TEACHER; UNITED STATES; AIR POLLUTANT; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; UNIVERSITY;

BOSTON; MASSACHUSETTS; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BOSTON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FACULTY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION SURVEYS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SCHOOLS;

EID: 79958245984     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1476069X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-069X-10-56     Document Type: Article

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