An evaluation of DDT and DDT residues in human breast milk in the Kariba valley of Zimbabwe

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 776-778

  Chikuni, O ^a   Polder, A ^b   Skaare, J U ^b   Nhachi, C F B ^a  

^a UNIV OF ZIMBABWE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Zimbabwe)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; LACTATION; MILK LEVEL; POLLUTION; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; ZIMBABWE;

ACETONE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; CYCLOHEXANES; DDT; DIET; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 0030890490     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900401     Document Type: Article

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