Pesticide exposure assessment of workers and their families

Occupational Medicine - State of the Art Reviews

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 221-237

  Fenske, Richard A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; CLASSIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES;

AGRICULTURE; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; GUIDELINES; HUMANS; NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDES; RISK ASSESSMENT; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0003272073     PISSN: 0885114X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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