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Organochlorine Pesticide Residues in Human Fat in Great Britain
- Publication Year :
- 1968
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Abstract
- In order to assess the trend in the body load of organochlorine pesticide residues in Great Britain, between July 1965 and June 1967 samples of fat were taken during routine necropsies on 247 subjects over 3 years old and on 44 stillborn or premature babies and infants below the age of 3. The levels of the three main pesticides, B.H.C., dieldrin, and D.D.T., were lower than those found in an earlier survey carried out in 1963 and 1964. No marked differences were observed in levels throughout Britain, but the levels in man were higher than those in women. Britain compares favourably with other countries in which similar surveys have been done.
- Subjects :
- Male
Human fat
Denmark
Statistics as Topic
chemistry.chemical_compound
Environmental protection
Pregnancy
Medicine
Israel
Child
Maternal-Fetal Exchange
General Environmental Science
Maternal-fetal exchange
Dieldrin
General Engineering
Organochlorine pesticide
General Medicine
Middle Aged
Milk
Adipose Tissue
Child, Preschool
Female
Hexachlorocyclohexane
Adult
Canada
Adolescent
India
DDT
Environmental health
Animals
Humans
Aged
Pesticide residue
Milk, Human
business.industry
Infant, Newborn
Infant
Papers and Originals
Pesticide
medicine.disease
Infant newborn
Dietary Fats
United Kingdom
United States
chemistry
General Earth and Planetary Sciences
business
New Zealand
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....71831f5f5adf174c56bfbe0aef9fe02d