Associations between plasma concentrations of PCB 28 and possible indoor exposure sources in Danish school children and mothers

Environment International

Volumn 87, Issue , 2016, Pages 13-19

  Egsmose, Emilie Lund ^a   Bräuner, Elvira Vaclavik ^b,d   Frederiksen, Marie ^b   Mørck, Thit Aarøe ^a   Siersma, Volkert Dirk ^a   Hansen, Pernille Winton ^a   Nielsen, Flemming ^c   Grandjean, Philippe ^c   Knudsen, Lisbeth E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN DENMARK   (Denmark)

^d Research Center for Prevention and Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Homes; PCB exposed population; Polychlorinated biphenyl; Residents; Year of construction

Indexed keywords

BLOOD; CONSTRUCTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS;

CONSTRUCTION PERIOD; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOMES; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; LINEAR REGRESSION MODELS; PLASMA CONCENTRATION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS); RESIDENTS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

2,2',4,4',5,5' HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; PCB 28; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; 2,4,4'-TRICHLOROBIPHENYL; 2,4,5,2',4',5'-HEXACHLOROBIPHENYL; AIR POLLUTANT;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL; INDOOR AIR; PCB; PLASMA; POLLUTANT SOURCE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXICITY;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BUILDING MATERIAL; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION WORK; CONTROLLED STUDY; DANISH CITIZEN; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOME; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTHER; OBESITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SCHOOL; URBAN AREA; ADOLESCENT; AIR POLLUTANT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; STATISTICAL MODEL; STUDENT;

DENMARK;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CHILD; CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS; DENMARK; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; MOTHERS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SCHOOLS; STUDENTS;

EID: 84948800154     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2015.11.005     Document Type: Article

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