Serum concentrations of DDT and DDE among malaria control workers in the Amazon region

Journal of Occupational Health

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 115-122

  Ferreira, Celso P ^a   De Oliveira, Ana Cecilia A X ^a   Paumgartten, Francisco J R ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DDE blood levels; DDE half life; DDT spraying; Malaria control; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; CHLORPHENOTANE;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD; BRAZIL; FEMALE; HALF LIFE TIME; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

ADULT; AGED; BRAZIL; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; FEMALE; HALF-LIFE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALARIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE;

EID: 80051934293     PISSN: 13419145     EISSN: 13489585     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1539/joh.O10026     Document Type: Article

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