DDT and its metabolites in breast milk from two regions in Saudi Arabia

Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 410-427

  Al Saleh, Iman ^a   Shinwari, Neptune ^a   Basile, Patrick ^a   El Doush, Inaam ^a   Al Zahrani, Mohammed ^b   Al Shanshoury, Mohamed ^b   Mohammed, Gamal El Din ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT WELFARE; LACTATION; LEISHMANIASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MASS SPECTROMETER; PUBLIC HEALTH; SAUDI ARABIA;

ADULT; CONFOUNDING FACTORS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; FEMALE; HUMANS; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SAUDI ARABIA; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 0037387370     PISSN: 10762752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.jom.0000058344.05741.22     Document Type: Article

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