Investigating unmetabolized polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in adolescents' urine as biomarkers of environmental exposure

Chemosphere

Volumn 155, Issue , 2016, Pages 48-56

  De Craemer, Sam ^a   Croes, Kim ^a   van Larebeke, Nicolas ^a,b   Sioen, Isabelle ^b   Schoeters, Greet ^c   Loots, Ilse ^d   Nawrot, Tim ^e,f   Nelen, Vera ^g   Campo, Laura ⁱ   Fustinoni, Silvia ^h,i   Baeyens, Willy ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e HASSELT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^f UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

^g Provincial Institute of Hygiene   (Belgium)

^h UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

ⁱ FONDAZIONE IRCCS CA GRANDA OSPEDALE MAGGIORE POLICLINICO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Benzo(a)pyrene; Carcinogenic; Determinants; FLEHS; Health; Human biomonitoring

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKERS; HEALTH; METABOLITES; MINERAL OILS; NAPHTHALENE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

BENZO(A)PYRENE; CARCINOGENIC; DETERMINANTS; FLEHS; HUMAN BIOMONITORING;

PYRENE;

1 HYDROXYPYRENE; ACENAPHTHENE; ACENAPHTHYLENE; ANTHRACENE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; BENZO[GHI]PERYLENE; BENZO[K]FLUORANTHENE; BENZO[P]FLUORANTHENE; BENZ[A]ANTHRACENE; CHRYSENE; FLUORANTHENE; FLUORENE; INDENO[1,2,3 CD]PYRENE; NAPHTHALENE; PHENANTHRENE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBON; PYRENE; THYROID HORMONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; POLLUTANT;

ADOLESCENCE; BIOASSAY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; HORMONE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PAH; PUBLIC HEALTH; PYRENE; TOXICITY TEST; URINE;

ADOLESCENT; AIR SAMPLING; ARTICLE; BELGIUM; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMBUSTION; COMET ASSAY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATIONAL STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PARENT; URINALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; POLLUTANT; PROCEDURES; URINE;

BELGIUM; FLANDERS;

ADOLESCENT; BELGIUM; BIOMARKERS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS;

EID: 84963591447     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2016.04.017     Document Type: Article

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