Carry-over of persistent organochlorine pesticides through placenta to fetus

OBJECTIVE: As a consequence of environmental exposure, organochlorine pesticides accumulate in lipid rich-tissues such as maternal adipose tissue and partition to maternal blood serum and umbilical blood serum. To establish their distribution in the human body, the concentration gradients of organoc...

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Main Authors: Waliszewski Stefan M., Aguirre Angel A., Infanzón Rosa M., Siliceo José
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública 2000-01-01
Series:Salud Pública de México
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Online Access:http://www.scielosp.org/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0036-36342000000500003