Persistent organochlorine contaminants in hair samples of Northern Poland population, 1968-2009

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 975-981

  Wielgomas, Bartosz ^a   Czarnowski, Wojciech ^a   Jansen, Eugene H J M ^b  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DDT; Hair analysis; Human biomonitoring; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

BIOMOLECULES; DRUG PRODUCTS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; HAIR ANALYSIS; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; ION TRAP TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDD; DDE; DDT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HCH; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HAIR; HUMAN; METABOLITE; POLAND; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

POLAND;

EID: 84865320533     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.056     Document Type: Article

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