Human exposure to p,p'-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (p,p'-DDE) in urban and semi-rural areas in southeast Spain: A gender perspective

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 458-460, Issue , 2013, Pages 209-216

  Arrebola, Juan P ^a,b   Fernández, Mariana F ^a,b   Olea, Nicolás ^a,b   Ramos, Rosa ^a,b   Martin Olmedo, Piedad ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO SAN CECILIO   (Spain)

^b CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

^c ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

Adipose tissue; Exposure; Gender; P,p' Dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; Residence; Serum

Indexed keywords

ADIPOSE TISSUE; DICHLORODIPHENYLTRICHLOROETHANE; EXPOSURE; GENDER; RESIDENCE; SERUM;

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; FOOD SUPPLY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PESTICIDES; POPULATION STATISTICS; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SOCIAL SCIENCES; TISSUE;

RURAL AREAS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DDE; DETECTION METHOD; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEALTH RISK; MASS SPECTROMETRY; METABOLITE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; ORGANOCHLORINE; PESTICIDE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; QUESTIONNAIRE SURVEY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL AREA; URBAN AREA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAT INTAKE; FEMALE; FOOD INTAKE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPAIN; TISSUE LEVEL; URBAN AREA;

ADIPOSE TISSUE; ADULT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; MALE; PESTICIDES; QUESTIONNAIRES; SEX FACTORS; SPAIN; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY;

ANDALUCIA; GRANADA [ANDALUCIA]; SPAIN;

EID: 84877351419     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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