Plasma levels of DDE/DDT and liver function in malaria control personnel 6 months after indoor residual spraying with DDT in northern Uganda, 2008

South African Medical Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 118-121

  Bimenya, G S ^a   Harabulema, M ^b   Okot, J P ^b   Francis, Olwa ^a   Lugemwa, Myers ^c   Okwi, A L ^a  

^a Makerere UYniversity   (Uganda)

^b MULAGO HOSPITAL   (Uganda)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Uganda)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE; AMYLASE; ASPARTATE AMINOTRANSFERASE; CHLORPHENOTANE; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; INSECTICIDE;

ARTICLE; BILE DUCT OBSTRUCTION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME LINKED IMMUNOSORBENT ASSAY; HUMAN; LIVER DISEASE; LIVER FUNCTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; SCREENING; UGANDA; VENOUS BLOOD; BLOOD; COHORT ANALYSIS; LIVER FUNCTION TEST; MOSQUITO; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME;

BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; COHORT STUDIES; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LIVER DISEASES; LIVER FUNCTION TESTS; MALARIA; MOSQUITO CONTROL; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; TIME FACTORS; UGANDA;

EID: 75849164601     PISSN: 02569574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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