%0 Journal Article %T Evaluaci¨®n de la exposici¨®n ambiental a plaguicidas org¨¢nicos persistentes en dos barrios de la provincia de C¨®rdoba %A Lucero %A Patricia %A Nassetta %A Mirtha %A De Romedi %A Adriana %J Acta toxicol£¿3gica argentina %D 2008 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X organochlorine pesticides were analyzed in 167 samples of whole blood colleted from people from two different sites in the province of c¨®rdoba (site no 1 and site no 2). these sites were close to unused pesticides store. the presence of pesticides was determined by gas-chromatography with electron-capture detection using capillary columns. p,p'-dde, ¦Â-hch and hcb were the most frequently pesticide detected. the highest concentration found was 7,31 ¦Ìg/l of p,p'-dde. ¦Â-hch showed highest values than its two isomers. as expected, significant relationship was found between the level of p,p'-dde and the age, since the former is a persistent and bioacumulative compound. this paper shows the organochlorine pesticides levels in a population with environmental exposure. %K organochlorine pesticides %K environmental exposure %K biological monitoring %K biomarker. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S1851-37432008000200003&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en