Organochlorine pesticide residues in maternal blood, cord blood, placenta, and breastmilk and their relation to birth size

Chemosphere

Volumn 90, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 1704-1710

  Dewan, Pooja ^a   Jain, Vikas ^a   Gupta, Piyush ^a   Banerjee, Basu Dev ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Breastmilk; Cord blood; Intra uterine growth retardation; Maternal blood; Organochlorine pesticides; Placenta

Indexed keywords

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; ISOMERS; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES;

BREAST MILK; CORD BLOOD; GROWTH RETARDATION; MATERNAL BLOODS; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PLACENTA;

BLOOD;

ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DICHLORODIPHENYLDICHLOROETHYLENE; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOMETRY; BLOOD; DDE; DDT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HCH; HEALTH RISK; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MILK; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PREGNANCY;

ADULT; ANTHROPOMETRY; ARM CIRCUMFERENCE; ARTICLE; BIRTH WEIGHT; BODY HEIGHT; BREAST MILK; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHEST CIRCUMFERENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MATERNAL BLOOD; PLACENTA; PLACENTAL TRANSFER; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD;

DELHI; INDIA;

EID: 84872272058     PISSN: 00456535     EISSN: 18791298     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2012.09.083     Document Type: Article

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