Levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/F) in blood samples of occupationally exposed workers from a transformer recycling plant in Dortmund, Germany - Initial findings

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

Volumn 75, Issue 8-10, 2012, Pages 423-428

  Wittsiepe, Jürgen ^a   Wilhelm, Michael ^a   Kraus, Thomas ^b  

^a RUHR UNIVERSITY BOCHUM   (Germany)

^b RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8 OCTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; 1,2,3,4,6,7,8 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; 1,2,3,4,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,4,7,8,9 HEPTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; 1,2,3,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 1,2,3,7,8,9 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,6,7,8 HEXACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; 2,3,7,8 TETRACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; OCTACHLORODIBENZO PARA DIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; GERMANY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; TOXICITY TESTING; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTRONICS; EQUIPMENT REUSE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; SOLVENTS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84862548913     PISSN: 15287394     EISSN: 10872620     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/15287394.2012.674906     Document Type: Article

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