Polychlorinated biphenyls and organochlorine pesticides in plasma of older Canadians

Environmental Research

Volumn 111, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1313-1320

  Medehouenou, Thierry Comlan Marc ^a,b   Ayotte, Pierre ^a,c,d   Carmichael, Pierre Hugues ^b   Kröger, Edeltraut ^b   Verreault, René ^a,b   Lindsay, Joan ^a,b,e   Dewailly, Éric ^a,c,d   Tyas, Suzanne L ^f   Bureau, Alexandre ^a,g   Laurin, Danielle ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c University Laval   (Canada)

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

^f UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^g CENTRE DE RECHERCHE DE L INSTITUT UNIVERSITAIRE EN SANTÉ MENTALE DE QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Body burdens; Organochlorine compounds; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

AGE CLASS; ALCOHOL; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; ELDERLY POPULATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LIFESTYLE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PLASMA; THRESHOLD;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY BURDEN; BODY MASS; CANADA; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

CANADA;

EID: 80755169832     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2011.09.017     Document Type: Article

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