A preliminary study of potential human health effects in private residences following chlordane applications for termite control

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1988, Pages 349-352

  Menconi, Susan ^a   Milton Clark, J ^a   Langenberg, Patricia ^a   Hryhorczuk, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORDANE; PESTICIDE; TERMITICIDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BRONCHITIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; INDOOR AIR POLLUTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIGRAINE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESIDENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SINUSITIS; SMOKING;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AIR POLLUTANTS; CHILD; CHLORDAN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INSECT CONTROL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRAINE DISORDERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; UNITED STATES;

ISOPTERA;

EID: 0023806953     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1988.9934947     Document Type: Article

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