Biomarkers of maternal and fetal exposure to organochlorine pesticides measured in pregnant hispanic women from brownsville, texas

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 237-248

  Sexton, Ken ^a   Salinas, Jennifer J ^a   Mcdonald, Thomas J ^b   Gowen, Rose M Z ^a   Miller, Rebecca P ^c   McCormick, Joseph B ^a   Fisher Hoch, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER   (United States)

^c Texas Commission on Environmental Quality   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomarkers; Fetal exposure; Maternal exposure; Organochlorine pesticides

Indexed keywords

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; CHLORPYRIFOS; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; MIREX; MITOTANE; NONACHLOR; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; OXYCHLORDANE; PENTACHLOROBENZENE;

BIOACCUMULATION; BIOMARKER; BLOOD; DETECTION METHOD; ENDOCRINE DISRUPTOR; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; WOMENS HEALTH;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; ELECTRON CAPTURE DETECTION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LIMIT OF DETECTION; PRENATAL EXPOSURE; UMBILICAL CORD BLOOD; UNITED STATES; VENOUS BLOOD;

BROWNSVILLE; TEXAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84873819406     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph10010237     Document Type: Article

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