The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study: Population Survey Results and Serum Concentrations for Polychlorinated Dioxins, Furans, and Biphenyls

• Published in: Environmental health perspectives Vol. 117; no. 5; pp. 811 - 817
• Main Authors: Hedgeman, Elizabeth, Chen, Qixuan, Hong, Biling, Chang, Chiung-Wen, Olson, Kristen, LaDronka, Kathleen, Ward, Barbara, Adriaens, Peter, Demond, Avery, Gillespie, Brenda W., Lepkowski, James, Franzblau, Alfred, Garabrant, David H.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences. National Institutes of Health. Department of Health and Human Services 01.05.2009; National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
• Subjects: Adult; Benzofurans - analysis; Benzofurans - blood; By-products; Censuses; Chemical industry; Congeners; Contamination; Data Collection; Dibenzofurans, Polychlorinated; Dioxin; Dioxins; Discharge; Dust; Dust - analysis; Dust control; Environmental agencies; Environmental aspects; Environmental Exposure - analysis; Flooded soils; Floodplains; Freshwater; Freshwater fishes; Furans; Health; Health aspects; Herbicides; Households; Humans; Mathematical models; Michigan; Multistage; PCB; Pesticides; Pesticides industry; Plumes; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - analysis; Polychlorinated Biphenyls - blood; Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analogs & derivatives; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - analysis; Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins - blood; Polychlorinated dibenzofurans; Race; Regional; Rivers; Samples; Serums; Soil contamination; Soil Pollutants - analysis; Soil pollution; Soil samples; Soils; Statistical analysis; Statistical methods; United States; Universities; United States; dioxins; biomonitoring; polychlorinated biphenyls; environmental exposure; furans; survey; soil; serum; dust

Background: The University of Michigan Dioxin Exposure Study was undertaken to address concerns that the discharge of polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs) and polychlorinated dibenzofurans (PCDFs) from the Dow Chemical Company in the Midland, Michigan, area had resulted in contamination of soil...