Secondary sex ratio in relation to exposures to polychlorinated biphenyls, dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene and methylmercury [PDF]
International Journal of Circumpolar Health, 2017 This study was undertaken to assess the potential impact of maternal exposures to polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB), dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) and methylmercury on the secondary sex ratios (the ratio of male to female live births) over a span ...
Clara Amalie Gade Timmermann +2 more
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Level of Organochlorine Pesticide in Prediabetic and Newly Diagnosed Diabetes Mellitus Patients with Varying Degree of Glucose Intolerance and Insulin Resistance among North Indian Population [PDF]
Diabetes & Metabolism Journal, 2021 Background Organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) exposure may induce an endocrine disruption which may lead to the risk of developing diabetes through alteration and disturbance of glucose metabolism, insulin resistance, and destruction of β-cells.
Shipra Tyagi +6 more
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Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) concentrations in the breast milk of women in Quebec. [PDF]
American Journal of Public Health, 1996 OBJECTIVES: This study documented the concentration of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (DDE) in the breast milk of women from Quebec, Canada, and assessed the impact of various sociodemographic and lifestyle factors on these levels.
Eric Dewailly +2 more
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Sex and poverty modify associations between maternal peripartum concentrations of DDT/E and pyrethroid metabolites and thyroid hormone levels in neonates participating in the VHEMBE study, South Africa [PDF]
Environment International, 2019 Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS), the application of insecticides on the inside walls of dwellings, is used by 84 countries for malaria control. Although effective in preventing malaria, this practice results in elevated insecticide exposure to >100 ...
Jonathan Chevrier +5 more
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Evaluation of pesticide residues in human blood samples from Punjab (India) [PDF]
Veterinary World, 2015 Aim: The present study was undertaken to estimate the current status of residues of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs), organophosphates (OPs) and synthetic pyrethroids (SPs) pesticides in human blood.
Jasbir Singh Bedi +4 more
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Maternal levels of dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE) may increase weight and body mass index in adult female offspring [PDF]
Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 2008 Objectives:To investigate the effect of prenatal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and dichlorodiphenyl-dichloroethylene (DDE) on weight, height and body mass index (BMI) in adult female offspring of the Michigan fisheater cohort examined between 1973 and 1991.Methods:259 mothers from the Michigan fisheater cohort were studied.
W, Karmaus +7 more
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Environmental Health, 2004 Background Studies on maternal exposure to polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) reported inconsistent findings regarding birth weight: some studies showed no effect, some reported decreased birth weight, and one study found an increase in weights.
Zhu Xiaobei, Karmaus Wilfried
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Thyroid Research, 2009 Background Several our previous studies showed associations of increasing blood level of persistent organochlorinated pollutants (POPs) with individual thyroid and metabolic adverse health signs in subjects from heavily polluted area (POLL) compared to ...
Langer Pavel +12 more
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Pesticide residues in the water and fish (lagoon tilapia) samples from lagoons in Ghana
Bulletin of the Chemical Society of Ethiopia, 2009 This study was to ascertain the presence and subsequent amount of four organochlorine pesticides: dichlorodiphenyl dichloroethylene (2,4’-DDE), 4,4’-dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (4,4’-DDD), p,p’-dichloro- diphenyltrichloroethane [p,p’-DDT (r) (i) (f ...
D.K. Essumang, G.K. Togoh, L. Chokky
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Prenatal organochlorine pollutant exposure and risk of schizophrenia in a national birth cohort. [PDF]
Neurotoxicology, 2023 Cheslack-Postava K +8 more
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