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Title: | Selected organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in house dust in Singapore | Authors: | Tan, J. Cheng, S.M. Loganath, A. Chong, Y.S. Obbard, J.P. |
Keywords: | Follow-up study House dust Organochlorine pesticides Organochlorines Polychlorinated biphenyls Singapore |
Issue Date: | 2007 | Citation: | Tan, J., Cheng, S.M., Loganath, A., Chong, Y.S., Obbard, J.P. (2007). Selected organochlorine pesticide and polychlorinated biphenyl residues in house dust in Singapore. Chemosphere 68 (9) : 1675-1682. ScholarBank@NUS Repository. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.051 | Abstract: | Although the use of organochlorine pesticides (OCPs) and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) has been prohibited in Singapore since 1980, OCPs and PCBs still can be detected in the environment and represent a potential threat to public health. In this study, OCPs and PCBs were measured in house dust samples collected from 31 homes across the island-state of Singapore. Organochlorine pesticides, such as hexachlorocyclohexanes (HCHs), chlordanes and dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethanes (DDTs) were tested, with a range of Source Title: | Chemosphere |
URI: | http://scholarbank.nus.edu.sg/handle/10635/26106 |
ISSN: | 00456535 |
DOI: | 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2007.03.051 |
Appears in Collections: | Staff Publications | |
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