Health risk assessment of organochlorine pesticides with emphasis on DDTs and HCHs in abandoned agricultural soils

Journal of Environmental Monitoring

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 2250-2259

  Man, Yu Bon ^a   Chow, Ka Lai ^a   Wang, Hong Sheng ^a   Lau, Ka Yan ^a   Sun, Xiao Lin ^a   Wu, Sheng Chun ^a   Cheung, Kwai Chung ^a   Chung, Shan Shan ^a   Wong, Ming Hung ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; LINDANE; MITOTANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; DEGRADATION; HEALTH HAZARD; HONG KONG; HUMAN; LAND USE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL POLLUTANT; SOIL POLLUTION;

ADULT; AGRICULTURE; CHILD; DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; LINDANE; NEOPLASMS; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79961156001     PISSN: 14640325     EISSN: 14640333     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c1em10168d     Document Type: Article

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