Organochlorine Pesticide Levels in Blood Serum Samples Taken at Autopsy from Auto Accident Victims in Veracruz, Mexico

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 59, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 441-448

  Waliszewski, Stefan M ^a   Carvajal, Octavio ^a   Infanzón, Rosa M ^a   Gómez Arroyo, Sandra ^b   Villalobos Pietrini, Rafael ^b   Trujillo, Patricia ^a   Hart, Mary Maxwell ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD VERACRUZANA   (Mexico)

^b UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Dde; Ddt; Environmental exposure; Organochlorine; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; GAS LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA CONTROL; MEXICO; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT;

EID: 29544438765     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039890409603423     Document Type: Article

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