Urinary concentrations of pyrethroid metabolites in the convenience sample of an urban population of Northern Poland

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 295-300

  Wielgomas, Bartosz ^a   Nahorski, Wacław ^b   Czarnowski, Wojciech ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Exposure assessment; Poland; Synthetic pyrethroids; Urinary biomarker

Indexed keywords

3 PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; 3-PHENOXYBENZOIC ACID; BENZOIC ACID DERIVATIVE; CARBOXYLIC ACID; INSECTICIDE; PYRETHROID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PRESCHOOL CHILD; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BENZOATES; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLAND; PYRETHRINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84875367251     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2012.09.001     Document Type: Article

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