Persistent Organic Pollutants and Inflammatory Markers in a Cross-Sectional Study of Elderly Swedish People: The PIVUS Cohort
Author(s) -
Jitender Kumar,
Peter Lind,
Samira Salihović,
Bert van Bavel,
Erik Ingelsson,
Lars Lind
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
environmental health perspectives
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.257
H-Index - 282
eISSN - 1552-9924
pISSN - 0091-6765
DOI - 10.1289/ehp.1307613
Subject(s) - pollutant , confounding , population , cohort , toxic equivalency factor , medicine , cross sectional study , monocyte , tumor necrosis factor alpha , physiology , chemistry , immunology , persistent organic pollutant , environmental health , pathology , organic chemistry
Persistent organic pollutants (POPs) are compounds that are generated through various industrial activities and released in the surrounding environment. Different animal studies have shown effects of different POPs on various inflammatory markers.
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