Ten-year time trend of dioxins in human serum obtained from metropolitan populations in Seoul, Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 470-471, Issue , 2014, Pages 1338-1345

  Park, Hyokeun ^a,b   Park, Eunjin ^a   Chang, Yoon Seok ^a  

^a Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^b Samsung Advanced Institute of Technology (SAIT)   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Dioxins; DL PCBs; Human serum; PCDD Fs; Time trend

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; WASTE INCINERATION;

DIOXINS; DL-PCBS; HUMAN SERUM; PCDD/FS; TIME TRENDS;

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION;

1,2,3,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZO 1,4 DIOXIN; 2,3,4,7,8 PENTACHLORODIBENZOFURAN; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; DIOXIN LIKE POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIOXIN; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PCDD; SERUM;

ADULT; AGE; AIR POLLUTANT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HALF LIFE TIME; HUMAN; INCINERATION; MALE; MEAN TOXIC EQUIVALENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SOUTH KOREA; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; TREND STUDY;

SEOUL [SOUTH KOREA]; SOUTH KOREA;

DIOXINS; DL-PCBS; HUMAN SERUM; PCDD/FS; TIME TREND;

ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; BENZOFURANS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCINERATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TETRACHLORODIBENZODIOXIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84891747842     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.07.130     Document Type: Article

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