Exposure to 27 polychlorinated biphenyls in the indoor environment of a workplace: a controlled bio-monitoring study

International Archives of Occupational and Environmental Health

Volumn 89, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 43-47

  Pedersen, Ellen Bøtker ^a   Ebbehoj N E ^a   Goen T ^b   Meyer, H W ^a   Jacobsen, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bio monitoring; Human exposure; Indoor environment; PCB; Polychlorinated biphenyls

Indexed keywords

POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXIN;

ADULT; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PROCEDURES; WORKPLACE;

ADULT; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS; WORKPLACE;

EID: 84952989187     PISSN: 03400131     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00420-015-1050-1     Document Type: Article

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