Socioeconomic development as a determinant of the levels of organochlorine pesticides and PCBs in the inhabitants of Western and Central African countries

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 497-498, Issue , 2014, Pages 97-105

  Luzardo, Octavio P ^a   Boada, Luis D ^a   Carranza, Cristina ^a,b   Ruiz Suárez, Norberto ^a   Henríquez Hernández, Luis Alberto ^a   Valerón, Pilar F ^a   Zumbado, Manuel ^a   Camacho, María ^a   Arellano, José Luis Pérez ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAS PALMAS DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO INSULAR DE GRAN CANARIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Africa; E waste; Organochlorine pesticides; Persistent organic pollutants; Polychlorinated biphenyls; Socioeconomic

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS; WASTES;

AFRICA; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDES; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT (POP); PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS (PCB); SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC;

ORGANIC POLLUTANTS;

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHANE; 1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; ALDRIN; CHLORDANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; DIELDRIN; ENDOSULFAN; ENDOSULFAN SULFATE; ENDRIN; HEPTACHLOR; HEXACHLOROBENZENE; HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; METHOXYCHLOR; MIREX; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ORGANIC POLLUTANT; ORGANOCHLORINE; PCB; POLLUTION EFFECT; SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT; WASTE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICA; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; BODY MASS; CENTRAL AFRICA; CONGO; CONTAMINATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT; ELECTRONIC WASTE; EQUATORIAL GUINEA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GHANA; GUINEA-BISSAU; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; LIMIT OF DETECTION; LIMIT OF QUANTITATION; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SENEGAL; SOCIOECONOMICS; SPAIN; WESTERN AFRICA; ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; METABOLISM; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

CANARY ISLANDS; CENTRAL AFRICA; SPAIN; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

AFRICA; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; PESTICIDES; POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYLS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84905743794     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.07.124     Document Type: Article

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