Serum concentrations of organochlorine pesticides p,ṕ-DDE in adult thai residents with background levels of exposure

Journal of Toxicological Sciences

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 121-127

  Teeyapant, Punthip ^a   Ramchiun, Sathaporn ^a   Polputpisatkul, Dutsadee ^a   Uttawichai, Chutimon ^a   Parnmen, Sittiporn ^a  

^a MINISTRY OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Thailand)

Author keywords

Bioaccumulation; Biomarkers; DDE; DDT; POPs

Indexed keywords

1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHANE; 1, 1 DICHLORO 2, 2 BIS (4 CHLOROPHENYL) ETHYLENE; CHOLESTEROL; GLUCOSE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; THYROID HORMONE; THYROXINE; TRIACYLGLYCEROL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; BIOACCUMULATION; BODY MASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LETTER; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; MALE; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; METABOLITE; QUESTIONNAIRE; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THAILAND;

AGE FACTORS; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; BLOOD GLUCOSE; BODY MASS INDEX; CHOLESTEROL; DDT; DICHLORODIPHENYL DICHLOROETHYLENE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES; THAILAND; THYROID HORMONES; TRIGLYCERIDES;

EID: 84891899897     PISSN: 03881350     EISSN: 18803989     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2131/jts.39.121     Document Type: Letter

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