Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue from northern Tunisia: Current extent of contamination and contributions of socio-demographic characteristics and dietary habits.

Amani Achour,Abdelkader Derouiche,Badreddine Barhoumi,Badreddine Kort,Driss Cherif,Sondes Bouabdallah,Mohsen Sakly,Khémais Ben Rhouma,Soufiane Touil,Mohamed Ridha Driss,Olfa Tebourbi

Organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls in human adipose tissue from northern Tunisia: Current extent of contamination and contributions of socio-demographic characteristics and dietary habits.

2017

Amani Achour
Abdelkader Derouiche
Badreddine Barhoumi
Badreddine Kort
Driss Cherif
Sondes Bouabdallah
Mohsen Sakly
Khémais Ben Rhouma
Soufiane Touil
Mohamed Ridha Driss
Olfa Tebourbi

Synthetic organochlorine compounds (OCs), such as polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) have long been produced and used over the world and recognized as persistent organic pollutants (POPs).

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Chemistry
Pollutant
Environmental monitoring
Pesticide
Contamination
Hydrocarbons.chlorinated
Food contaminant
Environmental chemistry
Adipose tissue
dietary habit
organochlorine pesticide
socio demographics

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