Persistent and emerging pollutants in the blood of German adults: Occurrence of dechloranes, polychlorinated naphthalenes, and siloxanes

Environment International

Volumn 85, Issue , 2015, Pages 292-298

  Fromme, Hermann ^a,e   Cequier, Enrique ^b   Kim, Jun Tae ^c   Hanssen, Linda ^d   Hilger, Bettina ^a   Thomsen, Cathrine ^b   Chang, Yoon Seok ^c   Völkel, Wolfgang ^a  

^a Bavarian Health and Food Safety Authority   (Germany)

^b NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^c Pohang University of Science and Technology (POSTECH)   (South Korea)

^d NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^e LUDWIG MAXIMILIANS UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Blood; Dechloranes; Exposure; PCN; Siloxanes

Indexed keywords

ISOMERS; NAPHTHALENE; SILICON COMPOUNDS;

BIOMONITORING; DECHLORANES; EMERGING POLLUTANTS; EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE (PCNS); POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENES; SILOXANES; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTORS;

BLOOD;

DECAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; DECHLORANE 602; DECHLORANE 603; DECHLORANE DERIVATIVE; DECHLORANE PLUS; DODECAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; OCTAMETHYLCYCLOTETRASILOXANE; POLYCHLORINATED NAPHTHALENE; SILOXANE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; NAPHTHALENE DERIVATIVE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; BIOMONITORING; BLOOD; CHEMICAL POLLUTANT; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGING POLLUTANT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GERMAN (CITIZEN); GERMANY; HUMAN; ISOMER; MALE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; POLLUTANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TOXIC EQUIVALENCY FACTOR; TOXICOLOGICAL PARAMETERS; BLOOD; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CHEMISTRY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES;

GERMANY;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; GERMANY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; NAPHTHALENES; SILOXANES; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EID: 84943565620     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.09.002     Document Type: Article

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