Organochlorine contaminants in human adipose tissues from China: Mass balance approach for estimating historical Chinese exposure to DDTs

Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 39, Issue 13, 2005, Pages 4714-4720

  Nakata, Haruhiko ^a   Nasu, Tetsuya ^a   Abe, Shin Ichi ^a   Kitano, Takeshi ^a   Fan, Qiyuan ^b   Li, Weihua ^c   Ding, Xucheng ^c  

^a KUMAMOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ZUNYI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c SHANGHAI INSTITUTE OF PLANNED PARENTHOOD RESEARCH   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; LIVING SYSTEMS STUDIES; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; TISSUE;

AVERAGE DAIRY INTAKE (ADI); HEXACHLOROBENZENE (HCB); HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES (HCH); ORGANOCHLORINES (OC);

IMPURITIES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOACCUMULATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ARTICLE; CHINA; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTORY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CHINA; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

ASIA; CHINA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; EURASIA; FAR EAST; WORLD;

EID: 22044437398     PISSN: 0013936X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/es050493d     Document Type: Article

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