Social distribution of internal exposure to environmental pollution in Flemish adolescents

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 215, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 474-481

  Morrens, Bert ^a   Bruckers, Liesbeth ^b   Hond, Elly Den ^c   Nelen, Vera ^d   Schoeters, Greet ^a,c   Baeyens, Willy ^e   Van Larebeke, Nicolas ^f   Keune, Hans ^a   Bilau, Maaike ^f   Loots, Ilse ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^b HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d Provincial Institute of Hygiene   (Belgium)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^f GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Environmental justice; Human biomonitoring; Internal environmental exposure; Socioeconomic status

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; CHLORINE DERIVATIVE; HEAVY METAL; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON;

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; DANGEROUS GOODS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HABIT; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; PARENT; POLLUTANT; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; BENZENE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DIET; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HABITS; HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; METALS, HEAVY; ODDS RATIO; PARENTS; POLYCYCLIC HYDROCARBONS, AROMATIC; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL CLASS; SOCIAL JUSTICE;

EID: 84861532470     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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