Plasma polychlorinated biphenyls in residents of 91 PCB-contaminated and 108 non-contaminated dwellings-An exposure study

International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health

Volumn 216, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 755-762

  Meyer, Harald William ^a   Frederiksen, Marie ^b   Göen, Thomas ^c   Ebbehøj, Niels Erik ^a   Gunnarsen, Lars ^b   Brauer, Charlotte ^a   Kolarik, Barbara ^b   Müller, Johannes ^c   Jacobsen, Peter ^a  

^a BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dwellings; GC MS; Indoor air; Plasma; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Questionnaire

Indexed keywords

PLASTICIZER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; BLOOD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DWELLINGS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GC-MS; HOUSING; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASMA; POLLUTANT; QUESTIONNAIRE; YOUNG ADULT;

DWELLINGS; GC-MS; INDOOR AIR; PLASMA; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUESTIONNAIRE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884590652     PISSN: 14384639     EISSN: 1618131X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijheh.2013.02.008     Document Type: Article

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