Association of PCB, PBDE and PCDD/F body burdens with hormone levels for children in an e-waste dismantling area of Zhejiang Province, China

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 499, Issue , 2014, Pages 55-61

  Xu, Peiwei ^a   Lou, Xiaoming ^a   Ding, Gangqiang ^a   Shen, Haitao ^a   Wu, Lizhi ^a   Chen, Zhijian ^a   Han, Jianlong ^a   Han, Guangen ^a   Wang, Xiaofeng ^a  

^a ZHEJIANG PROVINCIAL CENTER FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (China)

Author keywords

Children; E waste; Endocrine hormones; PBDEs; PCBs; PCDD Fs

Indexed keywords

CHILDREN; E-WASTE; PBDES; PCBS; PCDD/FS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; 3,3',4,4',5 PENTACHLOROBIPHENYL; CORTICOTROPIN; GROWTH HORMONE; HYDROCORTISONE; LIOTHYRONINE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURAN; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; BENZOFURAN DERIVATIVE; DIBENZO(1,4)DIOXIN; DIBENZOFURAN; DIOXIN; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; HORMONE; POLLUTANT;

CHILD HEALTH; HORMONE; PBDE; PCB; PCDD; PCDF; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOLID WASTE;

ARTICLE; BODY BURDEN; CHILD; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORTICOTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GROWTH HORMONE BLOOD LEVEL; HUMAN; HYDROCORTISONE BLOOD LEVEL; LIOTHYRONINE BLOOD LEVEL; MALE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; THYROTROPIN BLOOD LEVEL; THYROXINE BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CHINA; ZHEJIANG;

BENZOFURANS; CHILD; CHINA; DIOXINS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTORS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HORMONES; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

EID: 84906667259     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.08.057     Document Type: Article

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