Biological monitoring of indoor-exposure to dioxin-like and non-dioxin-like polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) in a public building

Toxicology Letters

Volumn 213, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 116-121

  Schettgen, Thomas ^a   Alt, A ^a   Preim, D ^a   Keller, D ^a   Kraus, T ^a  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biological half life; Biological monitoring; Dioxin equivalents; Indoor exposure; PCBs

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR POLLUTION; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD SAMPLING; BUILDING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK MANAGEMENT;

ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84862566211     PISSN: 03784274     EISSN: 18793169     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2011.06.005     Document Type: Article

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