Polychlorinated biphenyls in serum, liver and adipose tissue of subjects with hepatocellular carcinoma living in a highly polluted area

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 194-199

  Zani, Claudia ^a   Gelatti, Umberto ^a   Donato, Francesco ^a   Capelli, Michela ^a   Portolani, Nazario ^a   Bergonzi, Roberto ^a   Apostoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRESCIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Environmental pollution; Highly industrialized area; Incident cases; Lipid adjusted PCBs concentrations; Tissue levels

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TISSUE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HEPATOCELLULAR CARCINOMA; HIGHLY INDUSTRIALIZED AREA; HIGHLY-CORRELATED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); TISSUE LEVELS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE;

ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; INDUSTRIAL LOCATION; PCB; SERUM;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; ITALY; LABORATORY TEST; LIVER; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POLLUTION; SERODIAGNOSIS; SERUM;

BRESCIA; ITALY; LOMBARDY;

BRESCIA;

EID: 84874243044     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.046     Document Type: Article

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