Pesticide exposures to children from California's Central Valley: Results of a pilot study

Journal of Exposure Analysis and Environmental Epidemiology

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 217-234

  Bradman, M Asa ^a,b,c   Harnly, Martha E ^a   Draper, William ^a   Seidel, Sharon ^a   Teran, Suzanne ^a   Wakeham, Diane ^a   Neutra, Raymond ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c DHS   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Children; Chlorpyrifos; Diazinon; Exposure assessment; Farmworker; House dust; Insecticides; Organophosphate; Pesticides; Risk assessment

Indexed keywords

CHLORPYRIFOS; DIMPYLATE; PESTICIDE; PESTICIDE RESIDUE;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAND; HEALTH HAZARD; HOME; HOUSE DUST; HUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; POPULATION EXPOSURE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; UNITED STATES;

ADMINISTRATION, ORAL; CALIFORNIA; CHILD DAY CARE CENTERS; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; HOUSING; HUMANS; INFANT; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; PILOT PROJECTS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RURAL POPULATION;

EID: 0030912112     PISSN: 10534245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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