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Exposure to the insect repellent N,N-Diethyl-m-Toluamide (DEET) in the United States

ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2013
Background: In 1946, the US Army developed N, N-Diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET). Since then, DEET has become the most effective and ubiquitous insect repellent in the United States.
Antonia M. Calafat, Samuel Baker, Amanda Bishop, Pilar Morales-A   +3 more
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Exposure to N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) in the U.S. Population: 2007-2014

ISEE Conference Abstracts, 2018
Introduction: N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET) is the most widely used insect repellent in the USA with more than 500 DEET-containing products registered with the EPA.
Maria Ospina, Lee-Yang Wong, Samuel Baker, Amanda Bishop Serafim, Pilar Morales-Agudelo, Antonia Calafat   +5 more
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Disruption of the Blood–Brain Barrier and Neuronal Cell Death in Cingulate Cortex, Dentate Gyrus, Thalamus, and Hypothalamus in a Rat Model of Gulf-War Syndrome

Neurobiology of Disease, 2002
We investigated the effects of a combined exposure to restraint stress and low doses of chemicals pyridostigmine bromide (PB), N, N-diethyl-m-toluamide (DEET), and permethrin in adult male rats, a model of Gulf-War syndrome. Animals were exposed daily to
Ali Abdel-Rahman, Ashok K. Shetty, Mohamed B. Abou-Donia   +2 more
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Pembuatan Formulasi Krim Anti Nyamuk dari Fraksi Minyak Sereh

Jurnal Kimia dan Kemasan, 2010
Minyak sereh dan fraksinya merupakan minyak atsiri yang mempunyai banyak kegunaan, diantaranya sebagai repellent atau pengusir nyamuk yang merupakan vektor berbagai penyakit seperti demam berdarah dengue (DBD).
Sri Pudji Rahayu, Siti Naimah
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Critical assessment of the ubiquitous occurrence and fate of the insect repellent N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide in water

Environment International, 2016
The insect repellent diethyltoluamide (DEET) is among the most frequently detected organic chemical contaminants in water across a wide range of geographies from around the world. These observations are raising critical questions and increasing concerns regarding potential environmental relevance, particularly when the emergence of severe neurological ...
Merel, Sylvain, Snyder, Shane
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The Impact of Organic Micropollutants on the Biochemical Composition and Stress Markers in Wolffia arrhiza

Molecules
For many years, there has been a growing pollution of the aquatic environment with personal care products and industrial chemicals, the main source of which is municipal and industrial wastewater.
Urszula Kotowska, Alicja Piotrowska-Niczyporuk, Justyna Kapelewska, Lilla Lane Jasinska   +3 more
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Removal of contaminants of emerging concern by Wolffia arrhiza and Lemna minor depending on the process conditions, pollutants concentration, and matrix type

Scientific Reports
Research was carried out on the removal of a group of six contaminants of emerging concern: bisphenol A, N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide, diethylstilbestrol, triclosan, estrone and estradiol from the water matrix during contact with small floating macrophytes ...
Urszula Kotowska, Janina Piekutin, Weronika Polińska, Adam Kotowski   +3 more
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Fresh, dried or smoked? repellent properties of volatiles emitted from ethnomedicinal plant leaves against malaria and yellow fever vectors in Ethiopia

Malaria Journal, 2011
Background In the search for plant-based mosquito repellents, volatile emanations were investigated from five plant species, Corymbia citriodora, Ocimum suave, Ocimum lamiifolium, Olea europaea and Ostostegia integrifolia, traditionally used in Ethiopia ...
Dube Fitsum, Tadesse Kassahun, Birgersson Göran, Seyoum Emiru, Tekie Habte, Ignell Rickard, Hill Sharon R   +6 more
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Associations between DEET, Organophosphorus Insecticides, and Handgrip Strength in Diabetes: An NHANES Analysis

Biomedicines
Introduction: Sarcopenia and diabetes mellitus (DM) have been shown to be related. It has been demonstrated that pesticides/insecticides are linked to various health issues, including DM.
Chi-Feng Liu, Li-Wei Chien
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The status of deet (N,N-diethyl-m-toluamide) as a repellent for Anopheles albimanus.

, 1985
(Uploaded by Plazi from the Biodiversity Heritage Library) No abstract provided.
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