In utero exposure to aluminium and other neurotoxic elements in urban coastal south african women at delivery: An emerging concern

Autor: Claudina Mca Nogueira, Kalavati Channa, Bukola Ganiyat Olutola, Halina B. Rollin, Jon Øyvind Odland

Publikováno v: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
Volume 17
Issue 5
17:1724
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (IJERPH)
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 17, Iss 5, p 1724 (2020)

Aluminium (Al) is a non-essential neurotoxicant and there is limited information regarding exposure to Al in utero. This study sought to evaluate the in utero exposure to Al in urban South African women, its effects on birth outcomes and possible syn

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Evidence for health effects of early life exposure to indoor air pollutants: what we know and what can be done

Autor: Halina B. Rollin

Publikováno v: Clean Air Journal, Vol 27, Iss 1 (2017)

The World Health Organization (WHO) recognises that environmental pollution is a major cause of global disease, death and disabilities with a toll greater than that caused by HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis combined. About 94% of pollution-related

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https://doi.org/10.17159/2410-972x/2017/v27n1a1

Examination of in utero exposure to arsenic, placental permeability and birth outcomes in South African population

Autor: Kalavati Channa, Jon Øyvind Odland, Bukola Ganiyat Olutola, Halina B. Rollin

Publikováno v: ISEE Conference Abstracts. 2016

Introduction: Early life exposure to arsenic has shown to interfere with foetal and early childhood development. The purpose of this study was to evaluate exposure to arsenic in utero, to assess pl...

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https://doi.org/10.1289/isee.2016.3643

Prenatal exposure to DDT in malaria endemic region following indoor residual spraying and in non-malaria coastal regions of South Africa

Autor: Jon Øyvind Odland, Therese Haugdahl Nøst, Kalavati Channa, Halina B. Rollin, Torkjel M. Sandanger

Publikováno v: Science of The Total Environment. 429:183-190

Exemption was granted by the Stockholm Convention in 2004 for use of DDT by indoor residual spraying (IRS) as a malaria vector control. South Africa endorsed the use of DDT in its Malaria Control Programmes in malaria endemic regions and IRS remains

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2012.03.073

Concentration of selected persistent organic pollutants in blood from delivering women in South Africa

Autor: Torkjel M. Sandanger, L. Hansen, Kalavati Channa, Jon Øyvind Odland, Halina B. Rollin

Publikováno v: Science of The Total Environment. 408:146-152

Environmental exposure to persistent organic pollutants (POPs) may cause detrimental health effects in the population with the developing foetus and infants being at highest risk. This paper reports on the findings of the pilot study that took place

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https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2009.08.049