Accumulation of persistent organochlorine contaminants in milk and serum of farmers from Ghana

Environmental Research

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 17-26

  Ntow, William J ^a   Tagoe, Laud Mike ^b   Drechsel, Pay ^c   Kelderman, Peter ^d   Gijzen, Huub J ^d   Nyarko, Elvis ^b  

^a CSIR WATER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

^c INTERNATIONAL WATER MANAGEMENT INSTITUTE   (Ghana)

^d UNESCO IHE INSTITUTE FOR WATER EDUCATION   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Contamination; Environment; Organochlorine; Pesticides; Pollutants

Indexed keywords

CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE DERIVATIVE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DIELDRIN; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MILK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; SERUM;

ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; CHILD HEALTH; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GHANA; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SERUM; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; GHANA; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MILK, HUMAN;

AFRICA; GHANA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

EID: 36349019906     PISSN: 00139351     EISSN: 10960953     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2007.05.020     Document Type: Article

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