DDT, DDE and DDD in human milk from South Africa

Bulletin of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology

Volumn 81, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-354

  Okonkwo, Jonathan Okechukwu ^a   Mutshatshi, Tshinanne N ^a   Botha, Ben ^a   Agyei, Nana ^b  

^a TSHWANE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMPOPO   (South Africa)

Author keywords

DDD; DDE; DDT; Human milk; South Africa

Indexed keywords

CRUDE EXTRACTS; DDD; DDE; DDT; DIETHYL ETHER; HUMAN BREAST; HUMAN MILK; MICROLITER; MILK SAMPLES; ORGANOCHLORINE COMPOUNDS; SOUTH AFRICA;

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ETHERS; FOOD PRODUCTS PLANTS; METABOLITES; NITROGEN; NONMETALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

EXTRACTION;

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

ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BREAST MILK; COLUMN CHROMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT CONTENT; FOOD ANALYSIS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; SOUTH AFRICA; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; AGING; BIRTH WEIGHT; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; CHROMATOGRAPHY, ION EXCHANGE; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; EATING; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; FATS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INDICATORS AND REAGENTS; INSECTICIDES; MILK, HUMAN; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 51849156323     PISSN: 00074861     EISSN: 14320800     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00128-008-9495-5     Document Type: Article

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