DDE, a degradation product of DDT, and duration of lactation in a highly exposed area of Mexico

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 116, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 179-183

  Cupul Uicab, Lea A ^a,b   Gladen, Beth C ^b,c   Hernández Ávila, Mauricio ^a,d   Weber, Jean Philippe ^b   Longnecker, Matthew P ^b  

^a INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^c Ministry of Health ^*

^d INSTITUT NATIONAL DE SANTÉ PUBLIQUE DU QUÉBEC   (Canada)

Author keywords

Breast feeding; DDE; DDT; Infant; Lactation

Indexed keywords

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

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DELIVERY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; HYPOTHESIS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; LACTATION; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MATERNAL SERUM; MEXICO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; PUBLIC HEALTH; WEANING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LACTATION; MEXICO; PREGNANCY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS;

EID: 40549126609     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: 15529924     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.10550     Document Type: Article

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