Levels of organochlorine pesticides in blood plasma from residents of malaria-endemic communities in Chiapas, Mexico

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Volumn 11, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 10444-10460

  Ruiz Suárez, Luz E ^a   Castro Chan, Ricardo A ^a   Rivero Pérez, Norma E ^b   Trejo Acevedo, Antonio ^b   Guillén Navarro, Griselda K ^a   Geissen, Violette ^c   Bello Mendoza, Ricardo ^a,d  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Environmental exposure; Malaria; Organochlorine pesticides; p,p DDE; Soconusco; endosulfan

Indexed keywords

1,1 DICHLORO 2,2 BIS(4 CHLOROPHENYL)ETHYLENE; BETA HEXACHLOROCYCLOHEXANE; CHLORPHENOTANE; ENDOSULFAN; ENDRIN ALDEHYDE; HEPTACHLOR; LINDANE; ORGANOCHLORINE PESTICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; CHLORINATED HYDROCARBON; PESTICIDE; POLLUTANT;

DDE; ENDOSULFAN; MALARIA; ORGANOCHLORINE; POLLUTION EXPOSURE; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESIDENT POPULATION;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BLOOD LEVEL; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALE; MEXICO; RESIDENTIAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGED; ALTITUDE; ANALYSIS; BLOOD; MIDDLE AGED; POLLUTANT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; SOCONUSCO;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALTITUDE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYDROCARBONS, CHLORINATED; MALARIA; MALE; MEXICO; MIDDLE AGED; PESTICIDES;

EID: 84908338799     PISSN: 16617827     EISSN: 16604601     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/ijerph111010444     Document Type: Article

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