Reproductive outcomes of maternal contamination with Cyclodiene insecticides, Hexachlorobenzene and β-Benzene Hexachloride

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 368, Issue 2-3, 2006, Pages 557-564

  Khanjani, Narges ^a   Sim, Malcolm Ross ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Birth weight; Cyclodiene; Hexachlorobenzene; Human reproduction; Organochlorine

Indexed keywords

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONTAMINATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; HEALTH RISKS;

BIRTH WEIGHT; CYCLODIENE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HUMAN REPRODUCTION; ORGANOCHLORINE;

INSECTICIDES;

BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; ORGANOCHLORINE INSECTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE;

HEXACHLOROBENZENE; INSECTICIDE; MATERNAL HEALTH; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTANT; REPRODUCTIVE DISORDER;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTAMINATION; FEMALE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MOTHER; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCTION; SAMPLE; SEX RATIO; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SPONTANEOUS ABORTION; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STILLBIRTH;

BIRTH WEIGHT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INFANT, NEWBORN; INSECTICIDES; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; SEX RATIO;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 33746639658     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.03.029     Document Type: Article

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