Serum levels of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins, polychlorinated dibenzofurans and polychlorinated biphenyls in a population living in the Naples area, southern Italy

Chemosphere

Volumn 94, Issue , 2014, Pages 62-69

  Esposito, Mauro ^a   Serpe, Francesco Paolo ^a   Diletti, Gianfranco ^b   Messina, Giovanni ^c   Scortichini, Giampiero ^b   La Rocca, Cinzia ^d   Baldi, Loredana ^a   Amorena, Michele ^e   Monda, Marcellino ^c  

^a ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DEL MEZZOGIORNO   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO ZOOPROFILATTICO SPERIMENTALE DELL ABRUZZO E DEL MOLISE G CAPORALE   (Italy)

^c SECOND UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES   (Italy)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TERAMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Blood serum; Human exposure; PCB; PCDD; PCDF

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL PLANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; URBAN GROWTH;

BLOOD SERUM; HUMAN EXPOSURES; MEAN CONCENTRATIONS; PCDD; PCDF; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO P DIOXIN (PCDDS); POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZO- P - DIOXINS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

LIPID; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); ESTIMATION METHOD; LIPID; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SERUM; URBAN AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; DONOR; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; INCINERATION; INDUSTRIAL AREA; ITALY; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTANT; POPULATION EXPOSURE; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA; VOLUNTEER;

CAMPANIA [ITALY]; ITALY; NAPLES; NAPOLI [CAMPANIA];

BLOOD SERUM; HUMAN EXPOSURE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF;

ADULT; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; ITALY; LIPIDS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84887165933     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.09.013     Document Type: Article

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