Inadvertent exposure to organochlorine pesticides DDT and derivatives in people from the Canary Islands (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 339, Issue 1-3, 2005, Pages 49-62

  Zumbado, Manuel ^a,b   Goethals, Muriel ^a,b   Álvarez León, Eva E ^b,c   Luzardo, Octavio P ^a,b   Cabrera, Félix ^a,b   Serra Majem, Lluis ^a,b,c   Domínguez Boada, Luis ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b Madrid Spain   (Spain)

^c Las Palmas de Gran Canaria   (Spain)

Author keywords

Canary Islands; DDD; DDE; DDT; DDT DDE ratio; Environmental contaminants; Organochlorine pesticides; Sociodemographic and geographical factors

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CONTAMINATION; DERIVATIVES; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLLUTION; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TUMORS;

CHRONIC EXPOSURE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTORS; HUMAN SERUM; ORGANOCHLORINE POLLUTANTS;

PESTICIDES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; ESTROGEN DERIVATIVE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHILD; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTAMINATION; DEMOGRAPHY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; EUROPE; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MALE; MORACEAE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; OCEANIC REGIONS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN; WORLD;

EID: 14644440778     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2004.07.022     Document Type: Article

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