Pesticide food poisoning from contaminated watermelons in california, 1985

Archives of Environmental Health

Volumn 45, Issue 4, 1990, Pages 229-236

  Goldman, Lynn R ^a   Smith, Daniel F ^a   Neutra, Raymond R ^a   Jackson, Richard J ^a   Saunders, L Duncan ^b   Pond, Esther M ^a   Stratton, James ^a   Kizer, Kenneth W ^a   Waller, Kim ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALDICARB; CARBAMATE PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; FOOD POISONING; FRUIT; HEALTH HAZARD; HIGHER PLANT; HUMAN; PREGNANCY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; ALDICARB; CALIFORNIA; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FEMALE; FETAL DEATH; FOOD CONTAMINATION; FRUIT; HUMANS; INSECTICIDES; MIDDLE AGED; POISONING; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREGNANCY;

CUCUMIS; EMBRYOPHYTA;

EID: 0025074446     PISSN: 00039896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00039896.1990.9940807     Document Type: Article

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