Exposure to and health effects of volatile PCBs

Reviews on Environmental Health

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 81-92

  Carpenter, David O ^a  

^a STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

cancer; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; hypertension; PCB exposure; volatile PCBs

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA;

AIR POLLUTANT; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

AIR POLLUTANT; CASE REPORT; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; CHEMISTRY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

AIR POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NEOPLASMS; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84930024959     PISSN: 00487554     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/reveh-2014-0074     Document Type: Article

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