Human exposure to persistent organic pollutants in West Africa - A temporal trend study from Guinea-Bissau

Environment International

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages 675-682

  Linderholm, Linda ^a   Biague, Antonio ^b   Månsson, Fredrik ^c   Norrgren, Hans ^d   Bergman, Åke ^a   Jakobsson, Kristina ^c  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b National Public Health Laboratory   (Guinea-Bissau)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Africa; DDT; HCH; Human; PBDE; PCB

Indexed keywords

BODY FLUIDS; CHROMATOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DRUG PRODUCTS; ETHYLENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HALOGEN COMPOUNDS; LAW ENFORCEMENT; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLLUTION; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS;

AFRICA; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL MANAGEMENT; PBDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCBS);

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; ORGANOHALOGEN DERIVATIVE; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; ORGANIC COMPOUND; POLLUTANT;

BIOACCUMULATION; DDT; DEVELOPING WORLD; HCH; HEALTH RISK; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PBDE; PCB; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NORMAL HUMAN; POLICE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TIME; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; YOUNG ADULT;

GUINEA-BISSAU;

ADULT; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHANE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; GUINEA-BISSAU; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; HUMANS; LINDANE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; TIME; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954538187     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2010.04.020     Document Type: Article

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