Organochlorine pesticide levels and risk of Alzheimer's disease in north Indian population

Human and Experimental Toxicology

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 24-30

  Singh, N K ^a   Chhillar, N ^a   Banerjee, B D ^b   Bala, K ^a   Basu, M ^c   Mustafa, Md ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN BEHAVIOUR AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^c INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR MEDICINE AND ALLIED SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

HCH; Alzheimer's disease; dieldrin; organochlorine pesticides; pp DDE

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; DIELDRIN; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE;

ADULT; AGED; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ARTICLE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANK SUM TEST;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; RISK;

EID: 84871556202     PISSN: 09603271     EISSN: 14770903     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0960327112456315     Document Type: Article

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