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Human health risk from consumption of marine fish contaminated with DDT and its metabolites in Maputo Bay, Mozambique

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dc.contributor.authorThompson, L.A.
dc.contributor.authorIkenaka, Y.
dc.contributor.authorVan Vuuren, J.J.
dc.contributor.authorWepener, V.
dc.contributor.authorSmit, N.J.
dc.contributor.researchID27878368 - Ikenaka, Yoshinori
dc.contributor.researchID12579769 - Wepener, Victor
dc.contributor.researchID21250545 - Smit, Nicholas Jacobus
dc.contributor.researchID11724978 - Janse van Vuren, Johannes Hendrik
dc.date.accessioned2018-04-13T11:45:38Z
dc.date.available2018-04-13T11:45:38Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.description.abstractMany countries with incidence of malaria, including those surrounding Maputo Bay, use dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane (DDT) to reduce mosquitoes. This study is the first to estimate the human health risk associated with consumption of marine fish from Maputo Bay contaminated with DDTs. The median for ∑DDTs was 3.8 ng/g ww (maximum 280.9 ng/g ww). The overall hazard ratio for samples was 1.5 at the 75th percentile concentration and 28.2 at the 95th percentile. These calculations show increased potential cancer risks due to contamination by DDTs, data which will help policy makers perform a risk-benefit analysis of DDT use in malaria control programs in the regionen_US
dc.identifier.citationThompson, L.A. et al. 2018. Human health risk from consumption of marine fish contaminated with DDT and its metabolites in Maputo Bay, Mozambique. Bulletin of environmental contamination and toxicology, 100(5):672-676. [https://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2323-7]en_US
dc.identifier.issn0007-4861
dc.identifier.issn1432-0800 (Online)
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10394/26697
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s00128-018-2323-7
dc.identifier.urihttps://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00128-018-2323-7
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherSpringeren_US
dc.subjectMarine fishen_US
dc.subjectContaminationen_US
dc.subjectFood safetyen_US
dc.subjectMaputo Bayen_US
dc.titleHuman health risk from consumption of marine fish contaminated with DDT and its metabolites in Maputo Bay, Mozambiqueen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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