Serum concentrations of persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in the inhabitants of a Sicilian city

Chemosphere

Volumn 89, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 970-974

  Amodio, Emanuele ^a   Turci, Roberta ^b   Massenti, Maria Fatima ^a   Di Gaudio, Francesca ^a   Minoia, Claudio ^b   Vitale, Francesco ^a   Firenze, Alberto ^a   Calamusa, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

Author keywords

Human biomonitoring; Organochlorine pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Sicily

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POPULATION STATISTICS; SMOKE;

ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINANT; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ORGANOCHLORINE CONTAMINANTS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); SICILY;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

AGRICULTURAL HISTORY; AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; AGRICULTURAL SOIL; BIOMONITORING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; HEALTH IMPACT; HEALTH RISK; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; PERSISTENCE; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RURAL AREA; SERUM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTION; POLLUTANT; POPULATION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ITALY; SICILY;

EID: 84865337667     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.06.054     Document Type: Article

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