Body burden monitoring of dioxins and other organic substances in workers at a hazardous waste incinerator

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 728-734

  Mari, Montse ^a,b   Nadal, Martí ^a   Schuhmacher, Marta ^a,b   Domingo, José L ^a  

^a INSTITUT D INVESTIGACIÓ SANITÀRIA PERE VIRGILI IISPV   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

Author keywords

Hazardous waste incinerator (HWI); Organic substances; Plasma; Urine; Workers

Indexed keywords

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; 1-HYDROXYPYRENE; 2,4,6 TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,4,6-TRICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5 DICHLOROPHENOL; 2,5-DICHLOROPHENOL; BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; CHLOROPHENOL; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; PYRENE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BLOOD; BODY BURDEN; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATOR (HWI); HUMAN; INCINERATION; MALE; METABOLISM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; SPAIN; URINE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WORKERS;

HAZARDOUS WASTE INCINERATOR (HWI); ORGANIC SUBSTANCES; PLASMA; URINE; WORKERS;

BENZENE DERIVATIVES; BENZOFURANS; BODY BURDEN; CHLOROPHENOLS; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HAZARDOUS WASTE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PYRENES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SPAIN;

EID: 84884586838     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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