Environmental exposure to POPs and heavy metals in urban children from Dhaka, Bangladesh

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2728-2734

  Linderholm, Linda ^a   Jakobsson, Kristina ^b   Lundh, Thomas ^b   Zamir, Rausan ^c   Shoeb, Mohammad ^c   Nahar, Nilufar ^c   Bergman, Åke ^a  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; HEAVY METAL; SELENIUM;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ARTICLE; BANGLADESH; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHILD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SAFETY; SCHOOL CHILD; SERUM; URBAN AREA; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKER;

ADOLESCENT; BANGLADESH; CHILD; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS;

EID: 80053586722     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10480b     Document Type: Article

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