pp′DDE contamination of the blood and diet in central European populations

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 390, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 45-52

  Galassi, Silvana ^a   Bettinetti, Roberta ^b   Neri, Maria Chiara ^a   Falandysz, Jerzy ^c   Kotecka, Wanda ^c   King, Isabella ^d   Lo, Susan ^d   Klingmueller, Dietrich ^d   Schulte Oehlmann, Ulrike ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF INSUBRIA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^e GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Blood; Diet; Germany; Market basket; Placenta; Poland; pp DDE

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL ORGANS; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GERMANY; HEALTH RISKS; NUTRITION; PESTICIDES; POLAND; TISSUE;

MARKET BASKET; PLACENTA;

POLLUTION;

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

BLOOD; CEREAL; DDE; DDT; DIET; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIET; FEMALE; FETUS; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FOOD INTAKE; GERMANY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; POLAND; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; ADOLESCENT; BEVERAGE; BLOOD; CHEMISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; POLLUTANT;

CENTRAL EUROPE; EURASIA; EUROPE; GDANSK [POLAND]; GERMANY; POLAND;

ANIMALIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEVERAGES; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DIET; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PLACENTA; POLAND;

EID: 36649010202     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2007.09.029     Document Type: Article

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