Inhalation and dietary exposure to PCBs in urban and rural cohorts via congener-specific measurements

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 1156-1164

  Ampleman, Matt D ^a,b   Martinez, Andrés ^b   DeWall, Jeanne ^a   Rawn, Dorothea F K ^c   Hornbuckle, Keri C ^b   Thorne, Peter S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^b University of Iowa   (United States)

^c FOOD RESEARCH DIVISION   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; NUTRITION; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SURVEYS;

AIRBORNE EXPOSURE; AMBIENT CONDITIONS; CHLORINATED CONGENERS; FOOD INGESTION RATE; INHALATION EXPOSURE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); QUESTIONNAIRE DATA;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; CHLORINE; POLLUTANT;

AIR QUALITY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DIET; HEALTH RISK; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHLORINATION; DAIRY PRODUCT; DIETARY INTAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HOME; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEAT; MOTHER; QUADRUPOLE MASS SPECTROMETRY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOL; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN AREA; URBAN POPULATION; ANALYSIS; CANADA; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; EXPOSURE; HOUSING; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITION; POLLUTANT; QUALITY CONTROL;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CANADA; CHLORINE; COHORT STUDIES; DIET; ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INHALATION EXPOSURE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; NUTRITION SURVEYS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; QUALITY CONTROL; RURAL POPULATION; SCHOOLS; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84921756365     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: 15205851     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es5048039     Document Type: Article

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