Sampling strategy for estimating human exposure pathways to consumer chemicals

Emerging Contaminants

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 26-36

  Papadopoulou, Eleni ^a   Padilla Sanchez, Juan A ^a   Collins, Chris D ^b   Cousins, Ian T ^c   Covaci, Adrian ^d   de Wit, Cynthia A ^c   Leonards, Pim E G ^e   Voorspoels, Stefan ^f   Thomsen, Cathrine ^a   Harrad, Stuart ^g   Haug, Line S ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^c STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^e VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f FLEMISH INSTITUTE FOR TECHNOLOGICAL RESEARCH VITO   (Belgium)

^g UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biomonitoring; Consumer products; Diet; Dust; Indoor environment; Non invasive samples

Indexed keywords

EID: 84979038717     PISSN: 24056650     EISSN: 24056642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.emcon.2015.12.002     Document Type: Article

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