Assessment of DDT levels in selected environmental media and biological samples from Mexico and Central America

Chemosphere

Volumn 78, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1244-1249

  Pérez Maldonado, Iván N ^a   Trejo, Antonio ^b   Ruepert, Clemens ^c   Jovel, Reyna del Carmen ^d   Méndez, Mónica Patricia ^e   Ferrari, Mirtha ^f   Saballos Sobalvarro, Emilio ^g   Alexander, Carlos ^h   Yáñez Estrada, Leticia ^a   Lopez, Dania ⁱ   Henao, Samuel ^j   Pinto, Emilio R ^j   Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL   (Costa Rica)

^d Ministerio de Salud de El Salvador (MINSAL)   (El Salvador)

^e Laboratorio Nacional de Salud   (Guatemala)

^f Secretaria de Recursos Naturales y Ambiente de Honduras Tegucigalpa   (Honduras)

^g Ministerio de Salud de Nicaragua (MINSA)   (Nicaragua)

^h Instituto Conmemorativo Gorgas de Estudios de la Salud   (Panama)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDAD JUÁREZ DEL ESTADO DE DURANGO   (Mexico)

^j PAN AMERICAN HEALTH ORGANIZATION   (United States)

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Author keywords

Children; DDE; Mexico; Plasma; Pollutant organic persistents; Soil

Indexed keywords

FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASMAS;

BIOLOGICAL SAMPLES; CHILDREN; ENVIRONMENTAL MEDIA; ENVIRONMENTAL PERSISTENCES; HEALTH ORGANIZATIONS; ME-XICO; POLLUTANT ORGANIC PERSISTENTS; SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM;

SOILS;

CHLORPHENOTANE;

BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; DETECTION METHOD; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; FISH; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PERSISTENCE; PLASMA; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; SOIL ANALYSIS; TOXICITY; UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAM; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD LEVEL; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DUST; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FISH; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MEXICO; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION MONITORING; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTION;

COSTA RICA; EL SALVADOR [CENTRAL AMERICA]; GUATEMALA [CENTRAL AMERICA]; HONDURAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NICARAGUA; PANAMA [CENTRAL AMERICA];

EID: 76549097922     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2009.12.040     Document Type: Article

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