PCB concentrations and dioxin-like activity in blood samples from Danish school children and their mothers living in urban and rural areas

Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 134-144

  Mørck, Thit A ^a   Erdmann, Simon E ^b   Long, Manhai ^b   Mathiesen, Line ^a   Nielsen, Flemming ^c   Siersma, Volkert D ^a   Bonefeld Jørgensen, Eva C ^b   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIOXIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 2,2-(2-CHLOROPHENYL-4'-CHLOROPHENYL)-1,1-DICHLOROETHENE; 2,3,3',4,4'-PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,4'-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; BETA-HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; MITOTANE; O,P'-DDT; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MOTHER; NORMAL HUMAN; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID PHASE EXTRACTION; URBAN AREA; ANALOGS AND DERIVATIVES; BLOOD; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; BODY HEIGHT; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CHILD; DDT; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINDANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MITOTANE; MOTHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; RURAL POPULATION; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84902110129     PISSN: 17427835     EISSN: 17427843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/bcpt.12214     Document Type: Article

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