Priority persistent contaminants in people dwelling in critical areas of Campania Region, Italy (SEBIOREC biomonitoring study)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 487, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 420-435

  De Felip, Elena ^a   Bianchi, Fabrizio ^b   Bove, Crescenzo ^c   Cori, Liliana ^b   D'Argenzio, Angelo ^c   D'Orsi, Giancarlo ^d   Fusco, Mario ^e   Miniero, Roberto ^a   Ortolani, Rosanna ^f   Palombino, Raffaele ^e   Parlato, Antonino ^d   Pelliccia, Maria Grazia ^d   Peluso, Filomena ^d   Piscopo, Giovanni ^e   Pizzuti, Renato ^g   Porpora, Maria Grazia ^h   Protano, Domenico ^c   Senofonte, Oreste ^a   Spena, Silvana Russo ^e   Simonetti, Andrea ^f   di Domenico, Alessandro ^a   more..

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

^c ASL CE Servizio di Epidemiologia e Prevenzione   (Italy)

^d ASL NA2 Nord   (Italy)

^e UOML ASL NA3 SUD   (Italy)

^f Orthopedic Traumatologic Center   (Italy)

^g Osservatorio Epidemiologico Regionale   (Italy)

^h POLICLINICO UMBERTO I   (Italy)

Author keywords

Campania Region; Dioxins; Exposure biomarkers; Heavy metals; Human biomonitoring; POPs

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; BLOOD; CADMIUM; HEAVY METALS; LEAD; MERCURY (METAL); ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT;

CAMPANIA; DIOXINS; EXPOSURE BIOMARKERS; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; POPS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

ARSENIC; CADMIUM; DIOXIN; ETHER DERIVATIVE; FAT; LEAD; MERCURY; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN;

BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; DIOXIN; HEAVY METAL; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; RISK ASSESSMENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DONOR; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; ITALY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SERUM; TOXICITY TESTING;

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

CAMPANIA REGION; DIOXINS; EXPOSURE BIOMARKERS; HEAVY METALS; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; POPS;

ADULT; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RISK ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84899882641     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.04.016     Document Type: Article

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