Concentration of DDT compounds in breast milk from African women (Manhiça, Mozambique) at the early stages of domestic indoor spraying with this insecticide

Chemosphere

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 307-314

  Manaca, Maria N ^a,b,c   Grimalt, Joan O ^b   Sunyer, Jordi ^c,d   Mandomando, Inacio ^a,e   Gonzalez, Raquel ^a,c,d   Sacarlal, Jahit ^a   Dobaño, Carlota ^a,c,d   Alonso, Pedro L ^a,c,d   Menendez, Clara ^a,c,d  

^a Manhiça Health Research Center   (Mozambique)

^b INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT AND WATER RESEARCH   (Spain)

^c CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN ENVIRONMENTAL EPIDEMIOLOGY CREAL   (Spain)

^d CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^e INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SAÚDE   (Mozambique)

Author keywords

Breast milk; DDT; Indoor spraying; Malaria vector control; Parity

Indexed keywords

DISEASES; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLITES;

BASE-LINE CONCENTRATIONS; BREAST MILK; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MEDIAN CONCENTRATION; PARITY; RAPID TRANSFORMATIONS; RELATED COMPOUNDS; WORLD POPULATION;

INSECTICIDES;

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

BREASTFEEDING; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDE; DDT; DISEASE VECTOR; INDOOR AIR; MALARIA; METABOLITE; MILK; PREGNANCY; TRANSFORMATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST MILK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALARIA CONTROL; PREGNANCY;

MANHICA; MAPUTO [MOZAMBIQUE]; MOZAMBIQUE;

EID: 80555150767     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2011.06.015     Document Type: Article

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