Plasma polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) levels of workers in a transformer recycling company, their family members, and employees of surrounding companies

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health - Part A: Current Issues

Volumn 75, Issue 8-10, 2012, Pages 414-422

  Schettgen, Thomas ^a   Gube, Monika ^a   Esser, Andre ^a   Alt, Anne ^a   Kraus, Thomas ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL CHEMICAL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONICS; EMPLOYEE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; RELATIVE; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONICS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; EQUIPMENT REUSE; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK MANAGEMENT; SOFTWARE; SOLVENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862515913     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.674905     Document Type: Article

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