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An Overview of Chemical Mixtures Assessment and Modelling in the Aquatic Environment [PDF]

open access: yes, 2005
The objective of this review is to assess what is known on the effect of mixtures in order todevelop ecological models that incorporate these effects in a coherent way, allowing for a correct description of the effects of exposure in aquatic ecosystems ...
ALVES MACIEL Maria   +1 more
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Fraccionamiento de contaminantes orgánicos persistentes en aire urbano de Madrid: fase gas y fase particulada. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
En el presente trabajo se evaluó la presencia de algunos Contaminantes Orgánicos Persistentes (COP) en muestras de aire de la ciudad de Madrid (España), discriminando entre la fase gas (FG) y la materia particulada en suspensión (MPS).
Artíñano, Begoña   +5 more
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POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHERS (PBDEs) AND POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCBs) IN HOUSEHOLD DUST IN BIRMINGHAM, UK. [PDF]

open access: yes
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are persistent organic pollutants that were used primarily as insulating fluids in electrical equipment and were banned in the 1970s, even so they are still being found in humans.
ایبارا, کاتالینا   +2 more
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Global Contamination Trends of Persistent Organic Chemicals [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
Environmental pollution by man-made persistent organic chemicals (POCs) has been a serious global issue for over half a century. Exposure to certain POCs may result in environmental and health effects including skin disorders, liver damage, birth defects,
Lam, Paul K.S.   +1 more
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The 2005 World Health Organization Reevaluation of Human and Mammalian Toxic Equivalency Factors for Dioxins and Dioxin-Like Compounds [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
In June 2005, a World Health Organization (WHO)-International Programme on Chemical Safety expert meeting was held in Geneva during which the toxic equivalency factors (TEFs) for dioxin-like compounds, including some polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs ...
Birnbaum, Linda S.   +18 more
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Determination of the occurrences, distribution, and health impacts of organohalogenated contamination of agricultural soils from Wuhan, Central China

open access: yesHeliyon
Organohalogenated compounds are among the persistent and ubiquitous organic pollutants in the environment. This study aimed to investigate the concentration, ecological, and human health impacts of persistent organohalogenated compounds in soil from ...
Tekleweini Gereslassie, Muhamed Adem
doaj   +1 more source

Dietary and Socio-Demographic Determinants of Serum Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) Levels in Pregnant Women in Tehran

open access: yesJournal of Family and Reproductive Health, 2016
Objective: To determine the levels of Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and Polybrominateddiphenyl ethers (PBDEs) as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) in serum of primiparous women at the third trimester of pregnancy and identify the main determinants ...
Bita Eslami   +5 more
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Airborne concentrations of Polybrominated diethyl ether in residential homes [PDF]

open access: yes
Polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDE) have been widely applied to substrates employed in different home and offices' appliances as flame retardant additives to inhibit ignition and enhance the fire safety.
حضرتی, صادق   +1 more
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