Pesticide appliers, biocides, and birth defects in rural Minnesota

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 394-399

  Garry, Vincent F ^a   Schreinemachers, Dina ^b   Harkins, Mary E ^a   Griffith, Jack ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b U S ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Birth defects; Data linking; Fungicides; Herbicides; Pesticide appliers

Indexed keywords

FUNGICIDE; HERBICIDE; PESTICIDE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BIRTH DEFECT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; RURAL AREA; SEASON; SEX RATIO; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0029953571     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.96104394     Document Type: Article

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