Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in indoor air and in serum among older residents of upper Hudson River communities

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 225-231

  Fitzgerald, Edward F ^a   Shrestha, Srishti ^a   Palmer, Patrick M ^b   Wilson, Lloyd R ^a,b   Belanger, Erin E ^b   Gomez, Marta I ^b   Cayo, Michael R ^b   Hwang, Syni An ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY AT ALBANY   (United States)

^b NEW YORK STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Environmental exposure; Environmental monitoring; Indoor air pollution; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Serum concentrations

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOUSING; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; LINEAR REGRESSION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RIVER POLLUTION; RIVERS;

ADULTS; CHLORINATED CONGENERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MULTIPLE LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PCB CONCENTRATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SERUM CONCENTRATION;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; COMMUNITY ECOLOGY; FISH; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; INDOOR AIR; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION; SERUM; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CAPILLARY GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; CIGARETTE SMOKING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MALE; RIVER; SERUM;

HUDSON RIVER; UNITED STATES;

EID: 80054854719     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.027     Document Type: Article

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