Predictors of adipose tissue concentrations of organochlorine pesticides in a general Danish population

Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 52-59

  Bräuner, Elvira V ^a   Raaschou Nielsen, Ole ^a   Gaudreau, Eric ^b   Leblanc, Alain ^b   Tjønneland, Anne ^a   Overvad, Kim ^c   Sørensen, Mette ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

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

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

adipose tissue; human health; organochlorine pesticides; predictor

Indexed keywords

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; DENMARK; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICAL MODEL; STATISTICS;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DENMARK; DIET SURVEYS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84355166574     PISSN: 15590631     EISSN: 1559064X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jes.2011.39     Document Type: Article

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