Organochlorine pesticide residues in milk and blood of women from Anupgarh, Rajasthan, India

Environmental Monitoring and Assessment

Volumn 116, Issue 1-3, 2006, Pages 1-7

  Kumar, Ashok ^a   Baroth, Anju ^a   Soni, Inderpal ^a   Bhatnagar, Pradeep ^a   John, P J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RAJASTHAN   (India)

Author keywords

Blood; Lactating mothers; Milk; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

LACTATING MOTHERS; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

BODY FLUIDS; CROPS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; HEALTH CARE;

PESTICIDES;

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; BLOOD; MILK; PESTICIDE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BREAST MILK; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FEMALE; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; INDIA; INHALATION; LACTATION; LIPOPHILICITY; MATERNAL BLOOD; MATERNAL WELFARE; MILK LEVEL; TOBACCO DEPENDENCE; WORK ENVIRONMENT;

ADULT; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; LACTATION; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES;

ASIA; EURASIA; INDIA; RAJASTHAN; SOUTH ASIA;

NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 33745119334     PISSN: 01676369     EISSN: 15732959     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10661-006-7463-2     Document Type: Article

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