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Serum levels of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls among inhabitants of Greater Metropolitan Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Níveis séricos de pesticidas organoclorados e bifenilos policlorados em habitantes da Área Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro, Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2002
Levels of persistent organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) were determined in the blood serum of people living and working in the urban area of greater Rio de Janeiro city.
Isabella Fernandes Delgado, Heloisa H.C. Barretto, Teresa A. Kussumi, Irene Baptista Alleluia, Cenira de A. Baggio, Francisco José Roma Paumgartten   +5 more
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Estimation of chronic dietary intake of pesticide residues. [PDF]

Rev Saude Publica, 2021
Marques JMG, Silva MVD.
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Human reproductive system disturbances and pesticide exposure in Brazil Distúrbios do sistema reprodutivo humano e exposição a pesticidas no Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2002
The observation of reproductive disturbances in humans and in the wildlife has been reported in the last decade in different countries. Exposure to different chemicals possibly acting in the endocrine system or endocrine disruptors, including pesticides,
Sergio Koifman, Rosalina Jorge Koifman, Armando Meyer   +2 more
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Determinação de bisfenol A em fórmulas infantis | Determination of bisphenol A in infant formulas

Vigilância Sanitária em Debate: Sociedade, Ciência & Tecnologia, 2015
Desreguladores endócrinos, como o bisfenol A (BFA), podem representar um sério risco toxicológico e de saúde pública, principalmente pela ação em baixas doses e, por isso, tem recebido atenção da comunidade científica e de organizações relacionadas à ...
Marcus Vinicius Justo Bomfim, Fábio Bazilio Silvestre, Helena Pereira da Silva Zamith, Shirley de Mello Pereira Abrantes   +3 more
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Organic micropollutants on river sediments from Rio de Janeiro State, Southeast Brazil Micro-poluentes orgânicos em sedimentos fluviais no Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Sudeste do Brasil

Cadernos de Saúde Pública, 2002
The paper is a contribution for the knowledge upon concentrations and fate of different kinds of organic micropollutants in Tropical River system from a very industrialized region in Brazil.
João Paulo Machado Torres, Olaf Malm, Elisa Diniz Reis Vieira, Jan Japenga, Gerwin Ferdinand Koopmans   +4 more
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Secular variations in sperm quality: fact or science fiction?

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
The debate concerning the possible degradation in human sperm quality began in the 1970s, was revived at the beginning of the 1990s and has continued to mobilize the scientific community ever since. After the meta-analysis by Carlsen et al.
Luc Multigner, Alejandro Oliva
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Genetic polymorphisms and metabolism of endocrine disruptors in cancer susceptibility

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Epidemiological studies have estimated that approximately 80% of all cancers are related to environmental factors. Individual cancer susceptibility can be the result of several host factors, including differences in metabolism, DNA repair, altered ...
Ana Hatagima
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On the rumors about the silent spring: review of the scientific evidence linking occupational and environmental pesticide exposure to endocrine disruption health effects

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Occupational exposure to some pesticides, and particularly DBCP and chlordecone, may adversely affect male fertility. However, apart from the therapeutic use of diethylstilbestrol, the threat to human reproduction posed by "endocrine disrupting ...
Pierluigi Cocco
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Food consumption and adipose tissue DDT levels in Mexican women

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
This article analyzes food consumption in relation to levels of DDE (the principal metabolite of DDT) in the adipose tissue of 207 Mexican women residing in States with high and low exposure to DDT.
Marcia Galván-Portillo, Carlos Jiménez-Gutiérrez, Luisa Torres-Sánchez, Lizbeth López-Carrillo   +3 more
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Changes in male reproductive health and effects of endocrine disruptors in Scandinavian countries

Cadernos de Saúde Pública
Male reproductive health has deteriorated in many ways during the last decades. The incidence of testicular cancer has rapidly increased in Europe and European-derived populations. Sperm concentrations have declined and sperm motility and morphology have
Jorma Toppari, Anne-Maarit Haavisto, Markku Alanen   +2 more
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