PCDD/PCDF, dl-PCB and PBDE serum levels of Slovak general population

Chemosphere

Volumn 88, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1383-1389

  Chovancová, Jana ^a   Čonka, Kamil ^a   Fabišiková, Anna ^a   Sejáková, Zuzana Stachová ^a   Dömötörová, Milena ^b   Drobná, Beáta ^a   Wimmerová, Soňa ^a  

^a SLOVAK MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b Public Health Authority of the Slovak Republic   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Blood serum; Dl PCBs; PBDEs; PCDDs; PCDFs; Slovakia

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; METALLURGY; POLLUTION CONTROL; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

BLOOD SERUM; DL-PCBS; PBDES; PCDDS; PCDFS; SLOVAKIA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYLETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); INCINERATION; LIPID; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EFFECT; POPULATION STRUCTURE; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DONOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METALLURGY; POLLUTION; POPULATION; POPULATION RESEARCH; SERUM; SLOVAKIA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

SLOVAKIA;

EID: 84863099477     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.05.060     Document Type: Article

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