DDT and HCH load in mothers and their infants in Delhi, India

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 58-64

  Nair, A ^a   Mandapati, R ^b   Dureja, P ^c   Pillai, M K K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELHI   (India)

^b Irwin Hospital   (India)

^c INDIAN AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BREAST MILK; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; INDIA; MATERNAL BLOOD; NEWBORN; PEST CONTROL; TOXICITY TESTING; TOXICOKINETICS; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

ADULT; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MILK, HUMAN; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PRENATAL EXPOSURE DELAYED EFFECTS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STEREOISOMERISM; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 0029655329     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900009     Document Type: Article

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