Storage of organochlorine inseticides in hepatosplenic schistosomiasis

This paper reports on the findings of a survey on OCI storage in people in Bahia, Brasil. In this survey 11 samples of adipose tissue were taken from people who underwent splenectomy for hepato splenic schistosomiasis. In these patients, total DDT averaged 10.66 ppm as compared to 4,83 ppm of total...

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Main Authors: M. Wassermann, A. Prata, L. Tomatis, Dora Wassermann, I. Ivriani, Vanete Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical (SBMT) 1974-10-01
Series:Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0037-86821974000500003&lng=en&tlng=en