Concentrations of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) in human blood plasma from Hong Kong: Markers of exposure and sources from fish

Environment International

Volumn 54, Issue , 2013, Pages 18-25

  Wang, Hong Sheng ^a,b   Chen, Zhuo Jia ^a   Wei, Wei ^a   Man, Yu Bon ^b   Giesy, John P ^c,d   Du, Jun ^a   Zhang, Ge ^a   Wong, Chris Kong Chu ^b   Wong, Ming Hung ^b  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

^d CITY UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Asia; Bioaccumulation; Blood plasma; Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane (DDT); Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH); Insecticides

Indexed keywords

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMICAL CONTAMINATION; COMMERCE; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FISH; HEALTH RISKS; INSECTICIDES; PESTICIDES;

ASIA; BLOOD PLASMA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; GASTROINTESTINAL MODEL; HAZARDOUS CONCENTRATIONS; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES;

BLOOD;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; 1,1,1 TRICHLORO 2 (2 CHLOROPHENYL) 2 (4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; ALDRIN; ALPHA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DELTA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; DIELDRIN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; LINDANE; LIPID; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; O,P' 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DDT; FISH; HAZARDOUS WASTE; INSECTICIDE; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FISH; FOOD INTAKE; HONG KONG; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHINA; HONG KONG;

EID: 84873243223     PISSN: 01604120     EISSN: 18736750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.envint.2013.01.003     Document Type: Article

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