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Organochlorine pesticide exposure in rural and urban areas in Mexico

Journal of Exposure Science & Environmental Epidemiology volume 10, pages 394–399 (2000)Cite this article

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The objective of this study was to determine the level of organochlorine pesticides in maternal milk of women living in urban and rural areas in central Mexico. High levels of the DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (p-chlorophenyl) ethane) and metabolites, p,p′-DDT (1.83, 0.66 and 3.13 mg/kg) and p,p′-DDE (2.49, 4.28 and 13.32 mg/kg), were encountered for Mexico City, Cuernavaca and rural Morelos, respectively. As was expected, the highest levels of exposure to these pesticides were found in the rural areas of the State of Morelos.

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  1. Centro Nacional de Salud Ambiental, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico

    LARA F ELVIA & SÁNCHEZ CARRILLO CONSTANZA

  2. Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, 109 Observatory Street, Ann Arbor, 48109, Michigan

    HARLOW D SIOBAN

  3. Dirección de Epidemiología, Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública (INSP), Av. Universidad, No. 655 Sta. Ma. Ahuacatitlán, Cuernavaca Morelos, C.P. 62508, Secretaría de Salud, Mexico

    HERNÁNDEZ P BERNARDO

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ELVIA, L., SIOBAN, H., BERNARDO, H. et al. Organochlorine pesticide exposure in rural and urban areas in Mexico. J Expo Sci Environ Epidemiol 10, 394–399 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1038/sj.jea.7500103

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