Exposure to environmental hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT) among rural children in North Eastern China

Biomedical and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 230-233

  Lu, Yan ^a,b   Zhou, Shao Bo ^c   Li, Bai Xiang ^a  

^a HARBIN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b JIAMUSI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Children; DDT; Environment exposure; HCH; Metabolites

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956599431     PISSN: 08953988     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0895-3988(10)60057-8     Document Type: Article

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