Exploration of different methods for measuring DDT exposure among malaria vector-control workers in Limpopo Province, South Africa

Environmental Research

Volumn 96, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 20-27

  Dalvie, Mohamed A ^a   Myers, Jonathan E ^a   Thompson, Mary Lou ^b   Robins, Thomas G ^c   Omar, Shaheed ^d   Riebow, John ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAPE TOWN   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^e MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biological exposures; DDT; Developing countries; Job history; Malaria vector control workers

Indexed keywords

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

DDT; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH IMPACT; MALARIA; MEASUREMENT METHOD; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BLOOD DONOR; BLOOD SAMPLING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN; ISOMER; JOB ANALYSIS; LIPID BLOOD LEVEL; LIPID COMPOSITION; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; VECTOR CONTROL; WORKER;

ANIMALS; BLOOD CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; LIMPOPO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; TZANEEN;

EID: 3142707298     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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