Circulating levels of Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) among elderly men and women from Sweden: Results from the Prospective Investigation of the Vasculature in Uppsala Seniors (PIVUS)

Environment International

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 59-67

  Salihovic, Samira ^a   Lampa, Erik ^b   Lindström, Gunilla ^a   Lind, Lars ^b   Lind, P Monica ^b   van Bavel, Bert ^a  

^a ÖREBRO UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dioxin; Gender; Human blood; Organochlorine (OC) pesticide; PCB; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs)

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DIOXIN; GENDER; HUMAN BLOODS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

DIOXIN; FLAME RETARDANT; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; ELDERLY POPULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GENDER RELATIONS; HEALTH IMPACT; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PESTICIDE; PLASMA;

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY CONTROL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; WILCOXON SIGNED RANKS TEST;

SWEDEN; UPPSALA [SWEDEN];

EID: 84860564135     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.01.011     Document Type: Article

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