Levels of organochlorine pesticides residues in milk of urban mothers in Kenya

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 732-738

  Kinyamu, J K ^a,c   Kanja, L W ^a   Skaare, J U ^b   Maitho, T E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI   (Kenya)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; BREAST MILK; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; FOOD CHAIN; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KENYA; PEST CONTROL; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; RESIDUE ANALYSIS; URBAN AREA;

AFRICA; AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EASTERN AFRICA; ENGLISH SPEAKING AFRICA; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; HUMAN MILK; INGREDIENTS AND CHEMICALS; KENYA; LACTATION; MATERNAL PHYSIOLOGY; MOTHERS; PARENTS; PESTICIDES; PHYSIOLOGY; POPULATION; POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS; RESEARCH REPORT; RURAL POPULATION; TOXICITY; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT; INFANT NUTRITION PHYSIOLOGY; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; KENYA; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 0031970834     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001289900687     Document Type: Article

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