Elucidating the structural properties that influence the persistence of PCBs in humans using the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) dataset

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 461-462, Issue , 2013, Pages 99-107

  Megson, David ^a   O'Sullivan, Gwen ^b   Comber, Sean ^a   Worsfold, Paul J ^a   Lohan, Maeve C ^a   Edwards, Melanie R ^c   Shields, Walter J ^c   Sandau, Courtney D ^d   Patterson, Donald G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b MOUNT ROYAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c EXPONENT INC   (United States)

^d Chemistry Matters Inc   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age dating; Biotransformation; NHANES; PCBs; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Residence time

Indexed keywords

AGE DATING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; NHANES; PCBS; RESIDENCE TIME;

BIOCONVERSION; CHLORINE; NUTRITION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 101; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 110; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 128; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 149; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 187; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 199; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 44; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 49; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 52; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 87; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL 99; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINATION; HEALTH RISK; NUTRITION; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RESIDENCE TIME;

AGED; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHEMICAL BOND; CHILD; CHLORINATION; CHLORINE BOND; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELIMINATION REACTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SIGNATURE PLOT; STRUCTURE ACTIVITY RELATION; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AGE DATING; BIOTRANSFORMATION; NHANES; PCBS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RESIDENCE TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOTRANSFORMATION; CHLORINE; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMANS; LIMIT OF DETECTION; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 84878380489     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.082     Document Type: Article

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