Increasing serum levels of non-DDT-derivative organochlorine pesticides in the younger population of the Canary Islands (Spain)

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 367, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 129-138

  Luzardo, O P ^a,c   Goethals, M ^a,c   Zumbado, M ^a,c   Alvarez Leon E E ^b,c   Cabrera, F ^a,c   Serra Majem, Ll ^a,b,c   Boada, L D ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^c Madrid Spain   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aldrin; Dieldrin; Endrin; Exposure; Human serum; Lindane

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; HEALTH HAZARDS; NUTRITION; POPULATION STATISTICS; TISSUE; TOXICITY;

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; EXPOSURE; HUMAN SERUM; LINDANE;

PESTICIDES;

ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; FOOD CHAIN; HEALTH IMPACT; INDUSTRIAL DISTRICT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POPULATION STRUCTURE; TOXICITY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOOD CHAIN; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HABITAT QUALITY; HUMAN; INDUSTRIAL AREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ORGANOCHLORINE BLOOD LEVEL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SPAIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGING; CHILD; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; SPAIN;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANARY ISLANDS; EURASIA; EUROPE; MACARONESIA; SOUTHERN EUROPE; SPAIN;

EID: 33746836482     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2006.01.027     Document Type: Article

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