Exposure to chemical mixtures in Mexican children: High-risk scenarios

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 351-357

  Domínguez Cortinas, Gabriela ^a   Díaz Barriga, Fernando ^a   Martínez Salinas, Rebeca Isabel ^a   Cossío, Patricia ^a   Pérez Maldonado, Iván Nelinho ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ   (Mexico)

Author keywords

1 Hydroxypyrene; Biomonitoring; Children; DDE; DDT; Lead

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC ABSORPTION SPECTROSCOPY; BIOMARKER; BIOMONITORING; CHILD HEALTH; DDE; DDT; DEVELOPING WORLD; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GUIDELINE; HEALTH RISK; INDIGENOUS POPULATION; LEAD; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PAH; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; TOXIC MATERIAL;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SAN LUIS POTOSI;

EID: 84871991878     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-012-0933-x     Document Type: Article

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