Residue profiles of organohalogen compounds in human serum from e-waste recycling sites in North Vietnam: Association with thyroid hormone levels

Environmental Research

Volumn 137, Issue , 2015, Pages 440-449

  Eguchi, Akifumi ^a   Nomiyama, Kei ^a   Minh Tue, Nguyen ^a,b   Trang, Pham Thi Kim ^b   Hung Viet, Pham ^b   Takahashi, Shin ^c   Tanabe, Shinsuke ^a  

^a EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b VIETNAM NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

^c EHIME UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

E waste; Hydroxylated metabolites; PBDEs; PCBs; Thyroid hormones

Indexed keywords

BROMOPHENOL DERIVATIVE; HYDROXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; HYDROXYLATED POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; LIOTHYRONINE; METHOXYLATED POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; THYROID HORMONE; THYROTROPIN; THYROXINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; HALOGENATED HYDROCARBON; POLLUTANT;

CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); HORMONE; HUMAN GEOGRAPHY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANOHALOGEN; PBDE; PCB; RECYCLING; RURAL AREA; SERUM;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL WASTE; CONTAMINATION; ELECTRONIC WASTE; FEMALE; FREE LIOTHYRONINE INDEX; FREE THYROXINE INDEX; HORMONE DETERMINATION; HUMAN; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; VIET NAM; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LUMINESCENCE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

VIET NAM;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, HALOGENATED; LUMINESCENT MEASUREMENTS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; RECYCLING; THYROID HORMONES; VIETNAM; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84922432125     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2015.01.007     Document Type: Article

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