Reproductive effects of occupational DDT exposure among male malaria control workers

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 112, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 542-547

  Salazar García, Félix ^a,b   Gallardo Díaz, Esperanza ^b   Cerón Mireles, Prudencia ^b   Loomis, Dana ^c   Borja Aburto, Victor H ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DEL ESTADO DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c IL   (United States)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Birth defects; DDT; Occupational exposure; Sex ratio; Spontaneous abortion

Indexed keywords

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

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BIRTH DEFECT; CLINICAL OBSERVATION; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MEXICO; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PARENTAL AGE; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; REPRODUCTIVE TOXICITY; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION;

EID: 10944262657     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.6759     Document Type: Article

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