Prenatal exposure to DDT in malaria endemic region following indoor residual spraying and in non-malaria coastal regions of South Africa

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 429, Issue , 2012, Pages 183-190

  Channa, Kalavati ^a,b   Röllin, Halina B ^c,d   Nøst, Therese H ^a,e   Odland, Jon Ø ^a   Sandanger, Torkjel M ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^b National Institute for Occupational Health Johannesburg   (South Africa)

^c SOUTH AFRICAN MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL   (South Africa)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA   (South Africa)

^e NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE FOR AIR RESEARCH   (Norway)

Author keywords

DDT; Indoor residual spraying; Malaria; Prenatal exposure

Indexed keywords

BREASTFEEDING; COASTAL REGIONS; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DDT; GEOMETRIC MEAN; INDIAN OCEAN; MALARIA; MATERNAL PLASMAS; POLICY DECISIONS; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SOUTH AFRICA; STOCKHOLM; VECTOR CONTROLS;

COASTAL ZONES; DECISION MAKING; MALARIA CONTROL; METABOLITES;

LIPIDS;

CHLORPHENOTANE; LIPID;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; DECISION MAKING; DISEASE CONTROL; ENDEMISM; INDOOR AIR; MALARIA; MATERNAL HEALTH; METABOLITE; POLICY MAKING; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY FRAMEWORK; TOXICOLOGY;

AGE; ARTICLE; BREAST FEEDING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DELIVERY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; FEMALE; GEOMETRY; HUMAN; INDOOR RESIDUAL SPRAYING; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MATERNAL BLOOD; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DDT; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; LIFE STYLE; MALARIA; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PREGNANCY; PREGNANCY OUTCOME; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84862268665     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.073     Document Type: Article

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