Persistent organic pollutants including polychlorinated and polybrominated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans in firefighters from Northern California

Chemosphere

Volumn 91, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 1386-1394

  Shaw, Susan D ^a,c   Berger, Michelle L ^a   Harris, Jennifer H ^a   Yun, Se Hun ^b   Wu, Qian ^b,c   Liao, Chunyang ^b   Blum, Arlene ^d   Stefani, Anthony ^e   Kannan, Kurunthachalam ^b,c  

^a Center for Marine Studies   (United States)

^b WADSWORTH CENTER   (United States)

^c STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e San Francisco Foundation   (United States)

Author keywords

Firefighters; PBDD Fs; PBDEs; PCDD Fs; PFCs; TEQ

Indexed keywords

FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SMOKE;

FIREFIGHTERS; PBDD/FS; PBDES; PCDD/FS; PFCS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXABROMODIPHENYL ETHER; 22' 34 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 22' 345' PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 22' 35 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 22' 45' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 22' 5 5' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 22'3 TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 23 44' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 23' 4' 5 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 23' 44' TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 244' 5 TETRACHLOROBIPHENYL; 4,4' ISOPROPYLIDENEDIPHENOL; DIPHENYL ETHER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PERFLUORO COMPOUND; PERFLUORONONANOIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYBROMINATED DIBENZOFURAN; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 209; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER 47; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; TETRABROMOBISPHENOL A; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; UNINDEXED DRUG;

DIBENZOFURAN; HEALTH RISK; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION MONITORING; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAMPLING; SERUM; SMOKE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; FIRE FIGHTER; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; TOXICITY; UNITED STATES;

CALIFORNIA; SAN FRANCISCO [CALIFORNIA]; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS, OCCUPATIONAL; BENZOFURANS; CALIFORNIA; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; FIREFIGHTERS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, BROMINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PILOT PROJECTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN;

EID: 84876441120     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.12.070     Document Type: Article

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