Factors influencing combined exposure to three indicator polychlorinated biphenyls in an adult cohort from Bolivia

Environmental Research

Volumn 116, Issue , 2012, Pages 17-25

  Arrebola, J P ^a   Mutch, E ^b   Cuellar, M ^c   Quevedo, M ^c   Claure, E ^c   Mejia L M ^c   Fernandez Rodriguez M ^a   Freire, C ^a   Olea, N ^a,d   Mercado, L A ^c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c El Vallecito   (Bolivia)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Exposure predictors; Multiple linear regression; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Serum

Indexed keywords

CONGENER 138; CONGENER 153; CONGENER 180; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE CLASS; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ENVIRONMENTAL INDICATOR; FOOD CONSUMPTION; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK FACTOR; SERUM; SMOKING;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY MASS; BOLIVIA; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SERUM; SMOKING HABIT;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BOLIVIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CITIES; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; YOUNG ADULT;

BOLIVIA; SANTA CRUZ [BOLIVIA]; SANTA CRUZ [SANTA CRUZ (DPR)];

EID: 84861697139     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2012.04.009     Document Type: Article

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