Exposure opportunities of families of farmer pesticide applicators

American Journal of Industrial Medicine

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 581-587

  Gladen, Beth C ^a   Sandler, Dale P ^a   Zahm, Shelia H ^b   Kamel, Freja ^a   Rowland, Andrew S ^a   Alavanja, Michael C R ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Agriculture; Agrochemicals; Environmental exposure; Family; Occupational exposure; Pesticides

Indexed keywords

2,4 DICHLOROPHENOXYACETIC ACID; ALACHLOR; ATRAZINE; CARBARIL; CHLORDANE; DICAMBA; DIMPYLATE; FUNGICIDE; GLYPHOSATE; HERBICIDE; INSECTICIDE; MALATHION; METALAXYL; PESTICIDE; TRIFLURALIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; FAMILY LIFE; FEMALE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE; PESTICIDE SPRAYING; UNITED STATES; WORKPLACE;

EID: 0031774784     PISSN: 02713586     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0274(199812)34:6<581::AID-AJIM6>3.0.CO;2-U     Document Type: Article

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