Biological monitoring of organophosphorus pesticide exposure among children of agricultural workers in central Washington State

Environmental Health Perspectives

Volumn 105, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 1344-1353

  Loewenherz, Carrie ^a   Fenske, Richard A ^a   Simcox, Nancy J ^a   Bellamy, Garland ^a   Kalman, David ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Applicator; Azinphos methyl; Biological monitoring; Children; Exposure; Insecticides; Metabolites; Organophosphates; Organophosphorous; Pesticides; Phosmet; Urine

Indexed keywords

ORGANOPHOSPHATE PESTICIDE; PHOSPHOROTHIOIC ACID DERIVATIVE;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGRICULTURAL WORKER; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MONITORING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FAMILY; FEMALE; FLAME PHOTOMETRY; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METABOLITE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SIBLING; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES; URINALYSIS; URINE LEVEL;

EID: 0031424649     PISSN: 00916765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1289/ehp.971051344     Document Type: Article

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