Exposure assessment for workers applying DDT to control malaria in Veracruz, Mexico

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 98-101

  Rivero Rodriguez, Lilia ^a   Borja Aburto, Victor Hugo ^b   Santos Burgoa, Carlos ^b   Waliszewskiy, Stefan ^c   Rios, Camilo ^d   Cruz, Veronica ^b  

^a CENTRO MÉDICO NACIONAL 20 DE NOVIEMBRE   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (Mexico)

Author keywords

DDT; DDT exposure; Exposure assessment; Occupational exposures

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; HUMAN; HYGIENE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLITE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PARASITE VECTOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTIVE CLOTHING; QUESTIONNAIRE; SANITATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 0030953833     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.9710598     Document Type: Article

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