Population variation in biomonitoring data for persistent organic pollutants (POPs): An examination of multiple population-based datasets for application to Australian pooled biomonitoring data

Environment International

Volumn 68, Issue , 2014, Pages 127-138

  Aylward, Lesa L ^a,b   Green, Evan ^c   Porta, Miquel ^d   Toms, Leisa Maree ^e   Den Hond, Elly ^f   Schulz, Christine ^g   Gasull, Magda ^d   Pumarega, Jose ^d   Conrad, André ^g   Kolossa Gehring, Marike ^g   Schoeters, Greet ^f   Mueller, Jochen F ^b  

^a LLP   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c STATISTICS CANADA   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^e QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^g UMWELTBUNDESAMT   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Persistent organic pollutants; Population monitoring; Variation

Indexed keywords

ESTIMATION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

BIOMONITORING; PERFLUOROOCTANE SULFONATES; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION MONITORING; POPULATION VARIATION; VARIATION;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4' TETRABROMINATED DIPHENYLETHER; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; PERFLUOROOCTANESULFONIC ACID; PERFLUOROOCTANOIC ACID; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; SERUM;

ACCURACY; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARITHMETIC; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; AUSTRALIAN; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AUSTRALIA; BELGIUM; CANADA; GERMANY; SPAIN; UNITED STATES;

BIOMONITORING; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POPULATION MONITORING; VARIATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALKANESULFONIC ACIDS; AUSTRALIA; CAPRYLATES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FLUOROCARBONS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84898660392     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2014.03.026     Document Type: Article

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