Concentration of selected persistent organic pollutants in blood from delivering women in South Africa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 408, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 146-152

  Rollin H B ^a,b   Sandanger, T M ^c,e   Hansen, L ^c,e   Channa, K ^d   Odland, J O ^e,f  

^a SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^c NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

^d National Centre for Occupational Health   (South Africa)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Delivering women; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Environmental exposure; Human biomonitoring; Indoor residual spraying (IRS); Limits of detection (LOD); Malaria vector control; Persistent organic pollutants (POPs); Pesticides; Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)

Indexed keywords

DELIVERING WOMEN; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE (DDT); ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HUMAN BIOMONITORING; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING (IRS); LIMITS OF DETECTION (LOD); MALARIA VECTOR CONTROL; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS (POPS);

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICALS; GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS; HEALTH RISKS; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLISM; METABOLITES; OCEANOGRAPHY; PESTICIDES; POLLUTION DETECTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUITS;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; LINDANE; MIREX; MITOTANE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL;

BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; HEALTH RISK; MALARIA; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PCB; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; POLLUTION MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MATERNAL PLASMA; ORGANIC POLLUTION; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PILOT STUDY; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL AREA; SEASHORE; SOUTH AFRICA; URBAN AREA;

ANIMALS; CHILD; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECT VECTORS; MALARIA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUTH AFRICA;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA;

EID: 70350761672     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.049     Document Type: Article

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